In this episode, host Tiffany Owens Reed talks with Council Member Paloma Delgadillo about her efforts to make her city of Broomfield, Colorado, more resilient.

Some city leaders say Boulder has too many parking spaces. And while that might not line up with your experience trying to park at Pearl Street mall, transportation experts say some Front Range cities have too many empty parking spots that could be used for things like housing or parks. On today’s In The NoCo, we’ll hear from one Boulder City Council member who says it’s time to stop requiring builders to create so much parking.

What does parking have to do with climate change? Everything, according to Parking Reform Network founder and president Tony Jordan. We hear how the Portland-based, national nonprofit group helps cities around the country remove parking requirements to support the larger goal of creating a sustainable infrastructure.

Tony Jordan of the Parking Reform Network and Chris Meyer, legislative assistant to Senator Omar Fateh, talk all things parking reform on this week’s episode of the Strong Towns Podcast.

This week's episode includes our initial introduction to the inspirational text of this podcast: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. This wonderful philosophical novel attemp…

Take a look at a vintage photograph of New York from the 1930s and you’ll see automats, newsies, elevated trains and men in fedoras. What you won’t see — dozens and dozens of automobiles on the curb. In a city with skyrocketing real estate values, why are most city streets still devoted to free car… Read More

Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, talks about the blunders of urban planners and how better cities depend a whole lot on a smarter approach to parking.