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The Austin City Council amended the city’s parking codes during a Feb. 13 meeting to prohibit cars from parking in bike lanes. The city made the changes after bicyclists expressed safety concerns during the meeting over cars parked in bike lanes. Previously, city regulations allowed vehicles to park in bike lanes unless there was a...

# Seattle could meet its 30% tree canopy goal much quicker by converting a quarter of its 500,000 on-street parking spaces. The paving to planting conversion would convey many benefits, cooling neighborhoods and absorbing runoff.

In a new report, Massachusetts' Commission on Unlocking Housing Production is calling for a ban on single-family zoning, no more parking minimums and reduced lot size requirements, among other ideas to address the state's housing shortage.

We want our cities and towns to be welcoming, pleasant places where people enjoy coming and spending their time. Connecticut, along with much of New England, takes great pride in […]

# Though it was amended to exclude cities with less than 20,000 residents, Senate Bill 5184 still represents one of the most robust statewide parking reform packages to move forward in any state. It now must pass the House.

Even after the city greatly reduced parking mandates in the City of Yes initiative, parking is still at the center of many debates about new housing.

The local government of Budapest's Erzsébetváros (VII. district) implemented a significant parking fee increase for residents starting 1st January.

It’s unclear if the cities will band together to sue the state over the new laws, even as implementation deadlines loom.

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Parking regulations impose unnecessary restrictions on adding new housing. Many cities recognize this problem but struggle with how to address it effectively. Dubuque, Iowa, offers a real-world example of both the problems and an effective response.

Multifamily residential buildings with multiple floors are common in South Korea. These buildings usually have pilotis—support structures like pillars that elevate the building, creating an open ground floor generally used for parking vehicles. These piloti parking spaces are often risky to navigate for pedestrians and residents due to limited visibility, unclear boundaries between adjacent areas, and poor management. For instance, these spaces have blind spots that criminals could exploit, which induces fear among people.

A plan from city hall to eliminate the requirement that developers build a set number of off-street parking spaces received its most recent public hearing.

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One lawmaker's efforts to pass legislation regarding the housing shortage in Oklahoma were shut down this week.Representative Mickey Dollins, D-OKC, filed seve

Advocates say parking reform in Austin has contributed to lower housing costs.

He took a dry topic and made it entertaining, capturing the attention of policymakers and influencing the way cities are built.

A proposal to change the Dallas parking code was discussed in a meeting on Tuesday night. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us more.

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By-law No. 2016-249 reduces and in some cases eliminates the minimum number of parking spaces required for development in the inner-urban area and near rapid...

Hidden parking rules hurt our cities. Will Chilton and Paul Mackie of Mobility Lab explain. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOThe cities we live ...

Parking reform rock star Donald Shoup, who died last week, literally wrote the book on the subject. In honor of his decades of groundbreaking work on parking in urban centers, we’re republishing an oldie-but-goodie with ten takeaways we learned from Shoup’s career.

The parking-and-traffic expert died on February 6th, aged 86

Urbanists are mourning the loss of a dynamic voice for parking reform and walkable cities.

Rest in peace, Professor Shoup. Your memory will always be a blessing and your legacy will live for generations.

Requirements that parking be "free" prevent us from understanding its costs, which ultimately show up in the price of all local goods and services.

In Memoriam: Professor, author, and leader of rethinking parking policies, Donald Shoup, FAICP, has passed.