Parking management refers to various policies and programs that result in more efficient use of parking resources. This guide describes and evaluates more than two-dozen such strategies. It investigates problems with current parking planning practices, discusses the costs of parking facilities and the savings that can result from improved management, describes specific parking management strategies and how they can be implemented, discusses parking management planning and evaluation, and describes how to develop the optimal parking management program in a particular situation. Cost-effective parking management programs can usually reduce parking requirements by 20-40% compared with conventional planning requirements, providing many economic, social and environmental benefits.

Great programs like this one in Minnesota don’t happen when big parking lots are mandatory.

Residents of Culdesac Tempe, a no-cars-allowed development in Arizona, will receive a bundle of discounted mobility services when the first units open in 2022.

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Tradable parking permit schemes can be an effective transportation demand management strategy for cities where cars are viewed as a status symbol and …

The City of San Jose is updating their parking standards for new development. Here is why this is important for housing and the climate.

A University of Minnesota study is looking to see if combo contracts will change commuting behavior.

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But if you think that means increasing transit ridership in American cities will be as simple as taking away everyone’s “free” residential parking to make driving less convenient,…

You’ve probably been offered parking validation, as I have, at restaurants, grocery stores -- even the county Human Services office where I receive benefits (while working three jobs and freelancing on the side). But what if, like me, you don’t have a car? Which of these places will validate your visiting them by riding transit, biking, walking or scootering? This conversation came up recently on Twitter, when Julia Curran wrote about her experience asking businesses,

Cities significantly underprice their roads and parking facilities, forcing local taxpayers to subsidize out-of-town motorists. Municipal officials have an obligation to better manage these valuable

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