State legislation takes a new approach to removing parking mandates—one that is far more comprehensive.

Parking lots make up one-third of Orlando’s central business district. Leaders of a campaign called “People Over Parking” say the land could be better used on projects for people, not cars, a…

As cities around the Pacific Northwest are struggling to build enough affordable housing, ditching parking minimums offers one promising solution.

Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo parking spaces.

New laws in Maine ban parking minimums and relax zoning rules as it joins a growing list of states adopting top-down strategies to drive housing growth.

Hawai‘i US Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat, has teamed up with Indiana Sen. Jim Banks, a Republican, to introduce the “Build More Housing Near Transit Act.” The bipartisan legislation is designed to encourage local governments to increase housing development in urban and suburban areas well-served by public transit. The proposed legislation builds on Schatz’s ongoing […]

Parking mandates raise construction costs and limit growth. Learn how Kansas City and other cities are rethinking rules to boost housing and business development.

July 22, 2025 -- Dallas is the most recent metro to do away with its outdated parking requirements for commercial and industrial properties.

The city’s framework for Broadway is predicated on the wishful thinking that people living near mass transit are less likely to own cars.

This post incorporates content from Streetsblog Chicago Cofounder and Advisor Steven Vance’s development data website Chicago Cityscape. This week there was reason to celebrate for both Chicago sustainable transportation fans, and folks working to make housing more plentiful in our city. Prior to Wednesday’s City Council vote, Chicago’s Connected Communities Ordinance, passed in July 2022, […]

The Chicago City Council adopted O2025-0015577 — introduced by 1st Ward Alderperson La Spata — today that eliminates parking mandates for a...

The Chicago City Council will allow residential developments near public transit to build without imposing parking space minimums, offering a major boost for affordability and the city’s housing supply.

The residential development landscape has changed considerably in the last few years. First, the state of Oregon mandated the elimination of exclusive sin

Colorado wants cities to reduce their use of parking minimums. Denver could go even further.

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.