Bellingham could remove parking mandates for all new developments citywide in an effort to address its lack of affordable housing.

Dallas has been discussing the parking requirements in its city code for going on five years. There now seems to be momentum to rethink the city's relationship with cars.

Eliminating mandates to create spots for cars is key to creating more apartments in the mayor’s sweeping City of Yes proposal heading to a crucial vote Thursday — but a compromise that could halve new housing is in the works.

The City of Sacramento is asking for the community's input on a plan that would limit vehicle parking spaces in certain areas and increase bicycle parking in new developments.

A Sarnia resident is calling on City Council to replace parking minimums with “parking maximums” in residential developments, aiming to boost affordability and sustainability.

# Despite being a longtime parking reform leader, Seattle is set to require off-street parking, even as it unlocks significant housing capacity near transit. This will make housing harder to build.

There’s a powerful but obscure force operating in New York and elsewhere: the parking minimum.

Seventy-four percent of New York City voters support Mayor Adams's plan to eliminate minimum parking rules for new housing developments.

New York and cities across the country reconsider decades-old parking rules.

We’ve assembled a guide to three towns and cities of varying sizes that have recently revised their parking regulations. That way, when you decide to pursue parking reform in your own community, you can use them as examples of how parking reform strengthens cities.

Brighton & Hove City Council will be presenting a report to UK Parliament next week (week of Monday 23 September) to set out a city-wide parking plan.It follows a review of city parking, reque

Haltom City, Haltom United Business Alliance, and Strong Towns work to revitalize city areas, eliminate parking minimums, and attract new businesses. Their efforts aim to create a stronger tax base and enhance citizens' quality of life.

City of Yes can only work — and we urgently need it to work — if we do that.

As Long Beach works to meet the state’s housing mandate of 26,000 new homes by 2028, a new state law could make building faster and parking more difficult.

The Providence Streets Coalition argues eliminating the requirement of having parking with buildings could help the housing crisis.

Views split on whether city should drop parking requirements for new developments

Parking. It is so baked into urban and suburban landscapes it’s practically invisible to most people.   Yet it is something SELC has been paying attention to for years. “It’s been estimated that there are about 2 billion parking spaces in the U.S.,” said SELC Land & Community Program leader Trip Pollard. “Parking policy isn’t exactly […]

Oregon made statewide changes in its zoning policies to help keep housing prices affordable. Many states have followed its lead. Illinois should, too.

Last year, the Austin City Council voted to get rid of parking minimums, which required builders to provide a certain amount of parking.

The zoning reform effort represents a significant step toward a more progressive land-use policy that will give property owners flexibility and, city officials hope, result in more housing units affordable for middle-class households.

'The only opposition usually comes from homeowners who fear the spillover of drivers parking on their residential streets,' says columnist

Sometimes you need a car. And yes, there are gaps in public transportation. But that doesn’t mean we want the city to resign us all to life in transit deserts.

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Earlier this spring, when Port Townsend, Washington, eliminated parking mandates—predetermined numbers of parking spaces required by law for new buildings—the news took the internet by surprise. Not many people expected the first Washington city to make off-street ... Read more

The City Council is poised to approve the first major neighborhood rezoning of the Adams administration.  The body is expected to vote Thursday on the rezoning of 46 blocks around four new Metro-North stations planned for Co-op City, Hunts Point, Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest. The rezoning is sending a mixed message. On one hand, […]

SPOKANE, Wash. – Businesses attempting to get permits in Spokane will no longer have to build parking to accompany their buildings. The move makes Spokane the first major city in

The city doesn’t require multifamily developers to include fitness rooms, swimming pools or resident lounges in their buildings. But it does require them to include parking. Am I comparing apples to oranges? I think not. These amenities enhance quality of life for the people who use them but also make housing more expensive. For some […]

Boulder's parking challenge is having too much of it, new data from the city reveals. Changes are on the way.

August 20, 2024 -- Investors are unable to get approval to develop older properties when off-street parking doesn't meet current codes.

The Marshalltown city council spent approximately the second half of Monday night’s meeting returning to a familiar topic — parking rules — by passing the first reading of an ordinance amendment to Chapter 156 of the city code on zoning before moving into a different section of the code pertaining to parking, Chapter 72. After […]