Eliminating parking minimums liveable cities
Meet PRN Board Member - Ann Cheng - Parking Reform Network
This week we interviewed Ann Cheng, PRN’s new board member from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Henry Grabar's "Paved Paradise" is a Masterpiece
It's the spiritual successor to "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" and important companion to "The High Cost of Free Parking."
REV Birmingham calling for parking revolution in downtown
One advocacy group in Birmingham says there’s simply too much real estate devoted to parking. REB Birmingham is call for change.
If You Double-Park and You’re Rich, Should You Pay a Higher Fine?
Civil violations like littering or idling could be subject to sliding-scale fines under a City Council bill aimed at easing the affordability crisis.
Portland city budget director 'hopes' people start driving and parking again
Yes PBOT's budget is in peril, but do we really need to make a deal with the devil to fix it?
EVs Make Parking Even More Annoying
Drivers will have to share access to public chargers. That could get ugly.
America, Land of the Free Parking
“Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, examines the country’s obsession with parking, from its effects on urban sprawl to the violence it sometimes provokes.
Parking Bill Could Put Denver on "Collision Course" With People's Rights, ACLU Warns
City council will vote tonight on changes to the parking code that could target those experiencing homelessness, advocates say.
Parking Reform Bill to be Introduced at Federal Level
The legislation, which would ban parking requirements near transit to encourage housing development and bring down housing costs, would be a rare federal preemption of local control.
Federal zoning bill would preempt local parking mandates
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
How the $8 billion parking industry is evolving to stay alive
The demand for parking garages has yet to recover post-pandemic, so the $8 billion parking industry is finding ways to evolve.
Montreal maintains the status quo on the parking meter schedule - The Times Hub
Spread the love Olivier Zuida Le Devoir The announcement of the extension of pricing hours last month raised an outcry from traders. After the controversy surrounding the extension of parking meter charging hours last month, the administration of Valérie Plante decided to maintain the moratorium on the project “until further notice”. “We took the concerns of the partners very seriously and it is in this perspective that we went to meet them over the past two weeks. We will take
The hidden force that shapes everything around us: Parking
It’s fueling the affordable housing crisis, worsening flooding, and driving us nuts.
Soon, You Can Pre-Book Parking Spots In Mumbai On An App
BMC floats tender to develop parking app for Mumbai, enabling pre-booking of spots, digital payments & FASTags integration
Council votes to get rid of parking requirements - Austin Monitor
City Council on Thursday directed city staff to eliminate parking requirements from the city’s land use regulations for new residential and retail developments outside the central business district. The city eliminated downtown parking requirements, except for spaces for those with…
Downtown Seattle is 10% parking. That's less than other cities
The average city center in the U.S. is 20% surface parking, according to the nonprofit Parking Reform Network.
New York City shuts down 4 parking garages after deadly collapse
After the deadly collapse of a parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building officials swept through dozens of parking garages and ordered four of them to immediately shutter because of structural defects that “deteriorated to the point where they were now posing an immediate threat to public safety.”
A plea to unleash the power of parking reform
Why New York’s Giant Trash Bag Piles May Be an Endangered Species
Containerization, which has been embraced by global cities like Barcelona and Buenos Aires, could force New York to eliminate 150,000 parking spots.
Colorado House committee advances a partially restored land use bill
Dozens of local elected officials, advocates for business, environmental and other interests, and members of the public testified for and against the bill for about six hours.
Where do driverless cars go when they're on break? Some idle in Phoenix neighborhoods
What does a driverless car do in its downtime? It idles in neighborhoods, whirring and lurking until the next call comes through.
The Insane Standard That America Applies to Parking
We’ve warped how we live to accommodate our cars. And yet.
Report: Miami's city center is 18% parking
Developers are generally required to build 1.5 parking spaces per new apartment or condo unit.
‘Devoted To Parking’: Policies That Hurt Our Town
BY STEPHANIE NAKHLEHPlanning and Zoning Commissioner This is the second op-ed I’m writing on downtown revitalization, an issue that is coming before Los Alamos County Council on Tuesday, May 2, 202…
The Road to Nowhere
Why is it so difficult to rein in car culture?
The Tragedy of Parking
Parking minimums and other zoning laws have made American cities untenable for any other type of transportation. It’s time we find a new way to zone our cities.
Paid Saturday parking for downtown overturned by Halifax budget committee | Globalnews.ca
Halifax’s budget committee has decided to overturn its prior decision to implement paid parking in downtown areas on Saturdays after pushback from a number of businesses.
Dozens of New York City parking garages with structural violations under investigation in wake of deadly collapse
The Department of Buildings says they're investigating each location "out of an abundance of caution."
New study says downtown Fayetteville needs 500 parking spaces to meet demand
During sold-out Walton Arts Center events, the accessible spaces are 87% full.