Road salt eats away at concrete in multi-story parking garages in a process known as "Spalling". Salt accelerates the rate at which water gets into cracks, causing the concrete to pull away from its Rebar reinforcement. This is what happened to the River Center parking garage in downtown Saint Paul. A section of the garage ceiling recently fell onto a parked car, resulting in closure of the garage. In response, Saint Paul's new mayor, Melvin
Too much of the space in our downtowns is taken up by parked cars, and requiring developers to provide so many parking slots inflates the cost of housing. It’s becoming clear that those mandates are irrational.
Dallas Wants to Develop Some of Those Empty Parking Lots Around DART Stations - D Magazine
The exceptions, like Mockingbird Station, prove the de facto rule in Dallas: many light rail stations are surrounded by little more than unused parking spaces.
Who Is Trying to ‘Save Parking Structure 3’ From Becoming Affordable Housing?
Santa Monica wants to tear down an underused parking facility in the heart of downtown and replace it with affordable housing. Who could possibly be against that?
Electric vehicles are here. Now we need the infrastructure
Electric vehicles are better than ever and selling in record numbers. But we're only in the early stages of building the infrastructure to support them. That's a problem.
Streets for All Announces L.A. 25×25 Challenge to Re-Allocate Public Space for People
L.A. 25×25 pushes to give 25 percent of street space back to the people by 2025 – expanding Slow Streets, outdoor dining, plazas, green space, bus shelters, tree planting, pedestrian spa…
SPD und Grüne wollen jeden vierten Parkplatz in Berlin-Mitte umwandeln
Grüne und SPD wollen in Berlin-Mitte jeden vierten Parkplatz umwidmen. Ein Entwurf für die Zählergemeinschaft der beiden Parteien beschreibt, wie die Straßen des Bezirks grüner, und die Kreuzungen sicherer werden sollen.