These micro wastelands drain the life from cities. It’s time we imagine better.

When I lived in San Francisco, more than a decade ago now, I didn’t own a car. But I did rent one periodically.

Here are six tried and tested, “no-brainer” zoning reforms any city or town in North America should consider adopting.

Approximately 2 billion parking spots cover this country, enough to pave over the entire state of Connecticut. Cities are cracking down.

Managing parking through pricing strategies is more efficient, cost-effective, and overall more beneficial than increasing the parking supply. Learn more...

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.

The sections that follow explore the housing crisis from five key perspectives. 1. historical overview 2. growth controls 3. political economy of housing policy 4. restrictive housing policy 5. solutions to the housing crisis

Car storage has eaten up big chunks of many cities. Some of those cities are starting to wise up.

Parking lots are being reduced in some municipalities in part to combat climate change. — Rich Segal

California and many local governments are scrapping requirements that once made cars the center of the urban landscape.

While the auto industry is undergoing an electric vehicle (EV) revolution, one of the industry's offspring is experiencing a quieter but notable sea change as well.

Cities are loosening rules on building parking spots with new buildings: 'It's about the climate, it's about walkability.'

Abolishing or reducing parking minimums all at once can be very challenging—instead, you may have to work through a series of smaller steps to advance parking reform in your community.

In recent years, cities across the United States have adopted a range of parking policy reforms to manage the existing parking supply, reduce traffic, cut pollution, and bolster city finances. Reforms include eliminating minimum parking requirements for development projects, enabling developments and businesses to share parking facilities, and using technology solutions to efficiently manage the supply of on-street parking. This interactive report allows users to access information on policies from cities across the U.S. A searchable, filterable database includes a range of recent policy examples that represent significant shifts from the status quo depending on the local context.

Excellent example of handout for parking reform basics. Focused on Chicago.

On days two and three of the YIMBYtown conference at Portland State University, parking and land-use experts from across the country shared insights on how our national overabundance of car Read More »

Donald Shoup, distinguished research professor of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, is the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Planning Educator Award. In this video, Shoup discusses his history at UCLA, why he decided to specialize in parking issues and why the Urban Planning department is so important for UCLA Luskin students.

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There is too much parking in LA. There is too little parking in LA. Discuss.

Car culture in the United States spurred a parking boom that's continued since the early 1900s. As a result, American cites are chock full of parking lots an...

Why Communities Are Eliminating Off-Street Parking Requirements—and What Comes Next.

Parking garages and other forms of mandated vehicle storage capacity are generally...not good. So, in the spirit of the season (of tax-deductible giving), pl...

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Circling endlessly for a car park and sitting in traffic every day are brutal taxes of a different kind.

We give our cars a lot of room. There's a growing effort to reclaim it.

Cities are loosening rules on building parking spots with new buildings: ‘It’s about the climate, it’s about walkability’

When Steve Jobs pitched Apple’s new California campus - which opened earlier this year - he wanted to turn parking lots into green landscapes. But the city of Cupertino demanded 11,000 parking spots, which put