Op-ed: If just the best-suited 10% of America’s strip malls were redeveloped, we could build 700,000 new affordable homes nationwide. Here’s what it would take.

Some members of the USM community said they've racked up hundreds or thousands of dollars in fines while parking at the Gorham and Portland campuses this fall.

Research shows L.A.'s Al Fresco outdoor dining program is an unsung hero of the COVID-19 pandemic, throwing a lifeline to restaurants and bars

Public support is building for changes to housing zoning codes and other laws that dominated American housing policy for decades.

Durham County joined the city this week and adopted zoning reforms that encourage denser infill development and eliminate minimum parking requirements. The Durham County commissioners’ vote Monday night was split 3-1: For: Chair Nida Allam, Heidi Carter, Wendy Jacobs Against: Vice Chair Nimasheena Burns Absent: Brenda Howerton The vote came three weeks after the Durham City Council passed the same changes inside the city limits in its own late-night, split vote. “I think people want small-scale, locally built housing and small-scale commercial development to be viable,” Carter said before casting her vote.

City planners want to eliminate parking requirements for most commercial and industrial areas in Lincoln, responding to changing retail habits and allowing the market to dictate parking needs.

The 15-minute city concept offers a way out of the housing and climate crises. But we may need to look to an unlikely place: the first suburbs.

The street safety measure, called “daylighting,” is meant to reduce pedestrian deaths. Officials said traffic fatalities will also be recorded for the first time in CompStat, the NYPD’s weekly published crime data.

Adhering to parking mandates forces us to live in a world shaped by men like Robert Moses, one that prioritizes cars above all else. But the time is now to reshape that world — New York needs to ca…

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Cities often fail to effectively manage parking—and the public pays for it.

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Yes, really. I gave my keynote speech at the Arizona State University (ASU) conference yesterday morning, and it was only my second favorite talk I attended. Which one beat it out? A panel on mandated parking. All 3 of the speakers made cogent, passionate, fact-filled arguments against parking mandates. The moderator who asked questions was […]

Urban transport policy has become increasingly contentious as leaders grapple with the need to keep people moving while reducing car use. If policymakers are to combat the increasing polarisation of public opinion, they will need to ensure their proposals are framed around fairness, says Philipp Rode.

Sadiq Khan is facing protest, death threats for the expansion of his city’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).

Most Americans support a roster of zoning policies intended to boost housing availability and affordability, according to a nationally representative survey conducted in September for The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Montgomery County council members on Tuesday said the move is intended to encourage residents to go car-free and reduce the cost of new housing.

Hell's Kitchen faces a parking crisis as 100 structures require urgent end-of-year inspections after the closure of two neighborhood garages.

Vehicle subscription company FINN released a study analyzing parking availability and affordability in major U.S. cities.

The city brought in $21M in parking revenue, including $17M by mobile app, for the first five months of 2023

Philadelphia City Council is looking at next steps to take after learning of reports of predatory use of parking barnacle devices in the city.

A change in mindset driven by climate and a desire for livability.

This New York City nonprofit decided to show how much valuable space is wasted by parking…by converting two parking spaces into a studio apartment!

Getting rid of these requirements, Coun. Linda Annis reasons, will speed up development approvals for new housing and make homes more affordable

Oak Island Town Council received a detailed breakdown of the 2023 paid parking program that netted more than $1.1 million in its inaugural year at the board’s Nov. 14 monthly

Durham joined Raleigh in dropping parking minimums in an effort to encourage more construction

Some cities, including Austin, Texas, are moving away from parking minimums.