Tenants investors continue to resist developers reducing parking spaces in urban retail
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Study: Solving Atlanta’s traffic woes could hinge on better parking practices
Increasing parking fees and fines could encourage people to use mass transit, research suggests.
City Observatory - Ten things more inequitable than road pricing
The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.
Mayor proposes allowing some housing projects with no parking spaces
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer proposed a set of reforms to the city's parking requirements Friday, allowing the construction of housing projects without parking spaces as long as they're close to a planned or currently-existing transit stop.
Progressive land-use reforms are taking root in American cities
With Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Los Angeles moving forward with land-use reforms, the thinking behind how American cities work could soon change.
Sharing the Curb
Curb space in city centers is a scarce resource. And as demand for this space increases — with the rise of urban deliveries, shared…
The Transport Decarbonization Pyramid
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What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free?
It was a huge success: Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people.
City of jacksonvilles cost for aiding downtown parking garages hits 47 million
Instead of Parking Maximums, Ban Free Parking (in New Housing)
In 2012, Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability set out to answer a simple, urgent question: how much do apartment rents go up…
A holy mess: Churches, other nonprofits confront parking tax
The parking benefits that churches, synagogues, hospitals, colleges and other nonprofits offer their employees are suddenly taxable.
Transport planning “bibles” overestimate car and parking needs, and this may be hurting smart growth development
Cars are, and will for the foreseeable future continue to be, an incredibly important component of our society. In new research Guang Tian looks at the models used by transport planners to determin…