The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way Americans spend their time. One of the most enduring shifts has occurred in the workplace, with millions of employees making the switch to work from home. Even as the pandemic has waned, more than 15 percent of full-time employees remain fully remote and an additional 30 percent work in hybrid arrangements (Barrero, Bloom, and Davis). These changes have substantially reduced time spent commuting to work; in the aggregate, Americans now spend 60 million fewer hours traveling to work each day. In this post, we investigate how people spend this saved time on other activities. Using detailed data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), we find that employed individuals allocate their saved commute time toward leisure activities and sleeping, while reducing overall work hours.

Startups are scrambling to disrupt the post-pandemic parking sector, arguing that real-time data will mean less traffic and more revenue for cities.

We’re asking our streets and sidewalks to do more and more. Start-ups are trying to help with curbside management tools — but will cities rise to the challenge?

The smartphone-based congestion-pricing technology being tested in Bogota, Colombia, is showing promise. Some major U.S. cities are also looking at solutions to better manage their own crowded roadways.

Outdated meters have been replaced with electronic stations that allow drivers to pay from anywhere and make parking enforcement simpler.

When we talk about the problems associated with cars and transportation, we often focus on fatal accidents, or air pollution, or traffic jams. We less frequently consider how much sheer space cars take up in America’s cities. But let’s pause to give this some thought....

Parking charges based on timing or vehicle type, for example, can encourage drivers to consider alternative forms of transit.

The man used his IT skills to hack into the computer system and he increased the credit on his parking account by a value of €270.

Cash will not be accepted at the parking kiosks.

A startup called Reef wants to un-clog city streets and deliver food to your door via robot

The post-pandemic return to the road is creating new business opportunities.

Entrepreneurs envision a “mobility hub” that can save you a spot, help with dinner reservations and offer a place to plug in an E.V. Yes, apps are involved.

People who live near hospitals or railway stations could earn easy money by renting out their driveways to people looking for a carpark.

Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s urban innovation organization, has announced the launch of Pebble, a vehicle sensor that’s designed to help manage parking in cities by providing real-time parking and curb availability data. Here’s how it works: Small spherical sensors are stuck to the ground on parking s…

From DDOT: "Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the preliminary launch of ParkDC Permits, a new, centralized digital system for DC residents and their visitors to manage visitor, temporary, home health aide, and contractor parking permits via a single online portal.

Starting Saturday in Belmar, several new blocks will be subject to parking fees using the ParkMobile app.

There have long been allegations that there are plenty of parking structure and other off-street spaces in downtown La Jolla if the local denizens weren’t too cheap to pay for them.

Nashville could employ app technology and flexible pricing to improve parking and traffic flow.

Smart Columbus said the Pivot and ParkColumbus apps now give users the ability to pay for multiple trips, find parking Downtown and in the Short North

In a separate vote, the City Council votes to require landlords to provide three months of relocation assistance to all tenants instead of only a select group

Users can earn the digital currency if they choose less popular or in-demand parking spaces (or do not use the parking lot at all on some days)

Several cities have taken advantage of nearly empty streets and parking structures brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to roll out technology upgrades for when — and if — drivers return to downtown areas.

The mobility, logistics and neighborhood hub operator said the funding will help promote its efforts to connect people to goods and services without a car.

“This is a tipping point for teleworking.”

SpotAngels uses crowdsourced data to help find open spots, and alerts drivers to restrictions. It's partnering with Parking Authority of Baltimore City as it expands to Baltimore.