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Building a parking stall in a Metro Vancouver real estate development can cost as much as $230,000, and many spots are sitting empty in buildings across the region, according to a new report.

Giving away public space for automobiles makes little sense.

To address the high cost of housing, lawmakers across the country can learn from the experience of states such as Colorado, Tennessee, Connecticut, Arizona, and Montana. Options for reform include reversing regulatory overreach, streamlining procedures, improving legal frameworks, and updating construction standards.

Yes, confronting car dependency can help cure climate change. But it can also put money back in Americans' pockets.

Seattle has raised the fees for parking fines citywide for the first time since 2011.

City seeks a state grant to help pay for the garage. Developer wants it for residents of a proposed loft project in historic buildings.

Located in the Whistler Estates, parking stall #106 is just steps away from the base of the Blackcomb Gondola at British Columbia's best-known ski resort.

Starting January 1, 2025, all California drivers will be prohibited from parking or stopping their vehicles within 20 feet of crosswalks.

During the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, crowds flooded Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park.

Bigger is not always better.

The switch to paid parking on certain downtown streets in July 2025 will mark the end of 48 years of free on-street parking.

Bellingham and Shoreline took major steps toward eliminating parking minimums for new housing construction citywide this week — the latest Washington cities to do so in an effort to boost housing supply. In Bellingham, City Council members voted 5-1 during a Monday committee meeting to support a proposal from Mayor Kim Lund to eliminate the parts of the city code that require developers to provide a certain number of parking spaces when building new housing. “Housing the people of this communi

# Today is the last day for public comments in the latest round of process around the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell to guide the next 20 years of city growth. Housing advocates are pushing the City to go bigger.

France recently announced a law that will require large parking lots to install solar canopies.

With meter maids tucking more citations under windshield wipers, we found the worst spots to park — so you can avoid them in the new year.

Assembly Bill 2097, which eliminates city parking mandates within a half-mile of transit has elicited fear in the minds of some decision makers and residents in Palo Alto. Will our retail areas suffer due to lack of parking? Will our neighborhoods be crowded with parked cars?

The mass rezoning paved the way for an estimated 82,000 units of housing over the next 15 years.

The City of Windsor is expecting some initial confusion as drivers and cyclists adjust to parking and bikes lane changes in the downtown area.

Adding to a growing body of research on the intersections between climate and housing policy, a new report prepared for the Colorado Energy Office looks at the impact of various land use policies on residential growth and greenhouse gas emissions…

# In a letter approved this week, the Seattle Planning Commission expressed disappointment that the draft One Seattle Comprehensive Plan doesn't go much beyond state mandates, and pushed for changes to make the housing plan bolder and more forward-thinking.

That was question asked during a panel discussion at the recent Smart City Expo in Barcelona where European transport leaders opened up.

In 2019, the city already voted to repeal parking minimums near MBTA transit stops, which accounts for the majority of Somerville.

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# On Monday, Bellingham joined the growing list of cities that have opted to eliminate parking mandates citywide. Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund and an allied city council have more housing reforms on deck.

Mandating parking with new development comes with negative consequences including a reduction in housing, higher home costs and an increase in congestion, a planner told members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday.

The Binghamton City Council voted unanimously to approve the zoning reform legislation Wednesday. In recent years, cities across the country have implemented zoning reform to ease restrictions on housing development.

Increased housing supply created under the zoning reforms could bring an estimated 70,000 to 97,000 new transit riders to the city's subway, bus and commuter rail lines—bringing an additional $224,188,000 to $309,224,000 per year to the MTA's coffers, a new report found.

A handful of car sharing services have died in recent years. Blame the business model or people's lack

# In approving a unanimous update to its Comprehensive Plan, the Shoreline City Council is set to go well beyond the minimum requirements of state law in pursuit of creating additional housing options and more vibrant neighborhoods.