Houston City Council delays vote on extending paid parking meter hours
New ordinance would do away with free parking after 6 p.m. and make drivers pay to park until 2 a.m.
Houston pauses plan to extend paid parking hours across city
A proposal increasing Houston's number of paid parking hours hit a snag on Wednesday.
Downtown Houston is 26% parking lot
Houston is among the worst cities in the country when it comes to land dedicated to parking.
Opinion | Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway
If urban highways enforce racial barriers between neighborhoods, why do officials keep spending so much to expand them?
Mechanic Wins Right to Open His Shop in Ongoing Challenge to Pasadena’s Parking Minimum Law - Institute for Justice
HOUSTON—Today, a Harris County judge allowed Azael Sepulveda, the owner of Oz Mechanics in Pasadena, Texas, to open his shop while his lawsuit against the […]
Parking garage at George Bush Intercontinental Airport to be demolished to make way for new Mickey Leland International Terminal | Community Impact Newspaper
Less space for parking is a crucial step toward walkability in Houston
By design, Houston is car-dependent. Yet, Kinder Surveys have shown that half of Houstonians want to live where they can walk more and drive less. Recently approved ordinances that promote
Houston restaurants can now tap parking lots for outdoor dining
Houston City Council has approved a proposal to allow restaurants to take over 50% of their parking spaces to expand outdoor dining capacity.
Houston adopts new development rules to promote walkable, transit-oriented projects
A long-discussed set guidelines touted as a
Washington Avenue Parking Benefit District
Developers begin to look past parking as costs rise
Rising land costs and changing consumer behaviors have conspired against “over-parking” at retail venues. One developer is bucking the trend.
Houston Rolling Back Parking Requirements
The city will leave it up to businesses to decide how many parking spaces they need in two center-city neighborhoods.
Houston's expansion of market-based parking is a step toward a more walkable city
Houston is probably not destined to be among the world’s most walkable cities. Between the mind-melting heat, the ankle-breaking sidewalks, the criss-crossing freeways and the seemingly endless sprawl, getting around by foot isn’t easy to do. Still, there’s no reason to succumb to nihilism. So I welcomed the Houston City Council’s vote last week expanding the city’s “market-based parking area” to cover parts of Midtown, Montrose and East Downtown, as well as downtown’s Central Business District. It’s a relatively modest reform, to be clear. The change will exempt some new developments in th...