ANALYSIS: What IS de Blasio’s ‘Permanent Open Streets’ Plan Anyway? – Streetsblog New York City
The Pandemic Prompts Cities to Rethink the Parking Spot
Some urban designers have long wanted to reduce the area set aside for cars. Covid is giving them a chance.
Parking to be key challenge in North Bay parklet outdoor dining becoming permanent post-pandemic
COVID is reshaping the streets of San Francisco – The San Francisco Examiner
Toronto needs new delivery rules, say drivers contending with surge in demand and limited parking access | CBC News
Toronto's couriers and drivers say delivering essential goods has become increasingly difficult due to the city's outdated parking regulations.
Better Parking Management Can Help Cities Recover from COVID and Achieve Public Policy Goals | TheCityFix
How does Lafayette's downtown parking compare to others? Lack of technology might be biggest difference | Business | theadvocate.com
Set children free: are playgrounds a form of incarceration? | Architecture | The Guardian
Study in order for parking along West Avenue in Fayetteville, transportation committee says
Walthamstow residents fear losing jobs after parking removed | East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Hyperlocal planning is creating pedestrian-friendly streets | World Economic Forum
IJERPH | Free Full-Text | A Carbon Emission Calculation Model for Roadside Parking
Nonprofit Aims To Boost Denver’s Revenue By Tackling Declining Parking Numbers – CBS Denver
The City and County of Denver saw a 37% drop in revenue from parking between 2020 and 2019 with the pandemic keeping more people at home and reducing their need to drive.
Minneapolis mosque says Park Board's refusal to sell land for parking infringes on religious liberty | Star Tribune
How Sweden is taking back parking spaces to improve urban living | Environment | The Guardian
How Covid is changing curb management - City Monitor
Metro Nashville launches Smart Zone to better manage the kerb - Smart Cities World
On-Street Parking Management v. Off-Street Parking Requirements (pdf)
Transportation For America COVID-19 threw a curveball at curb management. Here’s how cities adapted. - Transportation For America
Transportation for America’s 2020 cohort of the Smart Cities Collaborative was always meant to focus on curbside management. But then came COVID-19, radically shifting all aspects of our lives—including how we use curbs. Our new report, COVID and the Curb, explores how cities adapted their curb management strategies to support public health and small businesses, and ideas for better curb policy at the local, state, and federal levels.
Peduto introduces zoning change to reduce curb cuts in front of rowhouses
Last year, Pittsburgh took steps to combat a growing problem in popular row house neighborhoods: newly constructed driveways for private garages that cut into public...
Watch now: After yearlong study, more feedback sought on downtown Bloomington parking | Politics | pantagraph.com
The city wants another round of public input before finalizing the layout of on-street parking and traffic flow in downtown Bloomington.
GOVT SNEAKS IN 4,000 NEW ON-STREET PARKING SPACES UNDER GUISE OF “SMART METER” REPLACEMENT – TRANSIT 🇭🇰 JAM
The government will add up to new 4,000 kerbside parking spaces across the city under the guise of its so-called “smart meter” initiative, Transit Jam has learned, with the new spaces b…
Why the Fight Over Parking in New York Is ‘Like the Hunger Games’
Since the pandemic hit, car ownership has soared, stoking tensions over parking spots. Advocacy groups for mass transit don’t have much sympathy.
Tel Aviv street parking to shrink by 10,000 spaces
The latest reduction comes after the local planning and building committee also relaxed requirements for each new home to have its own parking space.
For this micromobility boom to last, we need to address parking
For micromobility to rise to the next level, we must make the public space provisions to ensure that riding a bike or e-scooter is as safe and convenient as driving a car.
Commentary: A solution for cash-strapped cities is right at the curb
Commentary: Personal car drivers have paid for curbside parking for nearly 100 years. Delivery and rideshare companies should too.
Tactical urbanism, parklets, and a post-COVID recovery
R Rawlings, Vestre Ltd, discusses how COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for transforming urban spaces, and why introducing parklets could be the way forward
Open Mobility Foundation launched to help create new open data standards for the kerb
Digitising the kerb opens the door for more dynamic regulations and new approaches to kerb-usage fees that could enable more goal-driven management strategies.
Paris halves street parking and asks residents what they want to do with the space
The French capital wants to replace 70,000 parking spots to improve air quality and make the city more eco-friendly and sustainable for its residents.
Taking Back the Curb, One Restaurant at a Time
While glimmers of hope about an impending vaccine glimmer in the future, the coronavirus still rages on. The toll the pandemic has taken on people’s lives and health will be difficult to measure for a long time coming, but there is no question that our livelihoods and norms have changed. One hopeful outcome has been...