Politicians and interest groups from across the ideological spectrum are pushing for changes to boost housing construction in areas where people want to live.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

La Crosse considers reducing or eliminating parking minimums for new developments, reducing costs and encouraging walkability.

No one argues that the city's parking code is obsolete. But how to bring it into the 21st Century is a matter of debate.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

Parking mandates make new housing more expensive to build and keep us from improving the city's public transportation system.

As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.

Parking mandates make new housing more expensive to build and keep us from improving the city's public transportation system.

Most cities require homes and businesses to have parking. Critics say they drive up housing costs, foster car dependency and raise carbon emissions.

Small but mighty Port Townsend appears to be the first city in Washington State to have fully ditched its off-street parking requirements.

Colorado lawmakers are training their sights on reducing the housing crunch by eliminating minimum parking requirements in Denver and many Front Range cities and suburbs. But parking is a heated to…

On Wednesday night, the Neighborhood Revitalization Commission considered eliminating city code that mandates parking spaces. Right now, the city requires property owners to provide a set number of parking spaces for residents or customers. For example, one-family dwellings must include two parking spaces for each dwelling unit. Bowling alleys are required to have five parking spots for every bowling lane.

With a new zoning bylaw this year expected to reduce or eliminate minimum parking requirements in new apartment buildings, the City of Ottawa may be poised to join a growing network of communities that are connecting faster access to more affordable housing with reduced dependence on car travel.

Dallas Cothrum: Dallas should trust the market and reduce parking regulations.

Data shows the costs of building parking are passed on to renters and homebuyers. Some reform opponents remain unconvinced.

Home builders and a federation of community associations both agree that minimum parking requirements should be abandoned across Ottawa.

Developers (mostly) don't have to worry about parking at new BeltLine projects.

Local officials in Dallas are considering eliminating minimum parking requirements in the city—and predictably, the measure has both critics and proponents.

Colorado Democrats announced a new bill Wednesday that would eliminate parking minimums statewide.

No thanks to parking mandates, it took two years of fighting to get this local coffee shop open in Dallas…but even then, it wasn’t a total win for its owner.

The City Council of Lincoln, Nebraska, is considering a proposal to modernize city parking requirements and phase out commercial parking lots, a move that could make Lincoln the first city in Nebr…

With concerns over a lack of affordable housing dominating headlines, communities across the country are starting to reconsider the issue of mandatory parking minimums.

50+ US cities and towns have eliminated their off-street parking minimums. What can they add in place of parking? A new transit option that’s the next step a greener, more livable city.

Proposed state legislation would remove mandatory minimum parking requirements.

Blame local government parking minimums for the overabundance of parking in the U.S.

At Steinbach City Council’s SPC meeting on Tuesday evening, Strong Towns Steinbach presented to council their thoughts on ways to make Steinbach a more “sustainable, vibrant, and equitable community”. Strong Towns is an advocacy group based in Brainerd, Minnesota, hoping to make cities safe, livable, and inviting. The Strong Towns organization is based on the book

Boulder’s decades-old off-street parking requirements have altered the city’s streetscape and added to the cost of housing.