Parking

The number one local obstruction to curbing traffic violence is local commerce and merchant groups.

When the owners of Lawrence Hall bought the abandoned building, they had a vision of reviving it into a food hall that would support small businesses and help their community thrive. They never imagined that a few parking spots would put their dream on hold for seven years.

The Toronto Parking Authority is reporting a 20 per cent jump in revenue for 2023 largely due to more people paying for parking, it says.

Most affordable housing projects being developed through a new city program feature no on-site parking. Here’s why.

The Austin City Council ratified a resolution on April 4 banning parking cars in bike lanes, along with approving enforcement of it through new means and equipment. The resolution specifically directs the city manager to adopt changes to the city’s traffic regulations and will apply to all bike lanes within city limits, except on low-speed...

At this time, there is no planned increase in parking rates alongside these changes.

MEPs gave their final green light to the EU Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.

The city is now facing a major civil rights suit from the Biden Administration if it doesn't eliminate illegal parking by cops and other city workers.

Free parking has a veneer of equality, but it is unfair. Here's a proposal from America's leading parking academic to make it more equitable.

Governments introduced minimum parking requirements in the 1950s as car ownership skyrocketed. However, that’s all changing.

The City of Ottawa is proposing to remove minimum parking space requirements for new developments, arguing it should make housing more affordable and stimulate new construction. Experts say that's exactly what's happened elsewhere.

Move the illegal sidewalk parking or denounce it altogether?

If offered the choice between paid and free parking, many people would probably choose the latter. But free parking may be creating more problems than it’s worth.

A stunning aerial photo of Dodger Stadium is circulating online and revealing the shocking amount of surrounding parking.

Changes in how to pay for some parking and who enforces fines came into effect last week.

On-street parking is permitted in some neighbourhoods but not others, which makes a proposed hike in parking fees even more unfair.

Some argue that parking limits would promote transit, biking and walking; free up land for housing and green spaces; and generate property tax revenue.

Converting malls could create hundreds of thousands of badly needed homes.

There are dedicated parking spaces for non-customers to use at the North Buffalo store, but now they're at a cost.

The Parking Reform Network, a nonprofit that researches and advocates for parking policy changes, found 27% of the land in downtown Allentown is dedicated solely to parking. Whether that’s good or …

Touch screens, new pay-by-plate parking meters and a new pilot program introducing cashless transactions are being added to Toronto streets

New ordinance would do away with free parking after 6 p.m. and make drivers pay to park until 2 a.m.

The University of Regina is using a device called the Barnacle, which covers a windshield to block the driver's view, as a way to collect unpaid parking fines.

Since 2021, developers in Minneapolis have started to build new housing with significantly less parking, suggesting an untapped demand for parking-free or parking-light housing options.

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

A perhaps overlooked element of the return-to-office conversation: How employees get to work in the first place.

Employer-paid parking will undermine New York City’s congestion tolls. But parking cash-out policies like those in California and Washington D.C. can solve the problem.

In the three years since New York City began installing curbside chargers for electric cars, demand has boomed — both from EV owners and from gas-engine drivers willing to risk a ticket.

Readers’ letters, Victoria Times Colonist, April 3, 2024