Parking

Purpose of Review Parking is a ubiquitous feature of the built environment, but its implications for public health are under-examined. This narrative review synthesizes literature to describe pathways through which parking may affect population health. Recent Findings We begin by contextualizing the issue, outlining key terminology, the sheer scale of land dedicated to parking, and the historical factors that led to this dominant land use. Next, we delineate four pathways linking parking with public health: 1) Promoting driving and car dependency, affecting air pollution, greenhouse-gas emissions, physical activity, traffic-related injuries and fatalities, and accessibility; 2) Creating impervious surfaces, with consequences for urban heat, flooding, water pollution, and green space; 3) Affecting housing affordability and associated health outcomes of this social determinant; and 4) Design, construction, and maintenance, the health impacts of which include on-street parking’s positive and negative impacts on safety for all roadway users, air-quality effects of parking’s construction and maintenance, and the potential for green parking lots to mitigate some health consequences of impervious surfaces. Summary While evidence supports each pathway, additional empirical research is needed to evaluate impacts of parking on public-health outcomes. As a dominant feature of the built environment with many health implications, parking warrants attention by public-health research and practice.

The City Plan Commission last week heard from 21 residents — all but two of whom voiced support for eliminating minimum parking requirements for new development — and determined they’d take up the matter again at a special-called meeting on Jan. 16.

The residential development landscape has changed considerably in the last few years. First, the state of Oregon mandated the elimination of exclusive sin

State moves toward mandating changes now under consideration in Evanston.

Colorado wants cities to reduce their use of parking minimums. Denver could go even further.

The Blue Star Arts Complex in San Antonio is planning to implement paid parking to its free lot starting in 2025.

A recent spate of tickets at Coit Tower’s parking lot points to the unusual parking situation around the iconic San Francisco tourist attraction.

Image Credit: Michael Anton. By Mark Chiusano There are countless ways to demonstrate the forever-controversial nature of alternate side parking (ASP) in New York City, but only one involves Mayor Ed Koch’s voice whining from a mechanical street sweeper. That was the gimmick the then-mayor unveiled in 1988 to encourage illegally parked cars to move, so the street sweepers could clean. “Get it outta here,” his tape-recorded voice implored.  It’s just one example of how alternate side parking – the requirement for

Edmonton council passed a bylaw hoping to make 120 parking lots around Downtown safer and better-looking by June 2026, or face closure.

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The city will also have to physically protect 1,000 corners from parking each year.

Bellingham could remove parking mandates for all new developments citywide in an effort to address its lack of affordable housing.

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The American Institute of Architects' New York chapter shared renderings of the types of new housing that would be permitted under the mayor’s proposed zoning changes.

Dallas has been discussing the parking requirements in its city code for going on five years. There now seems to be momentum to rethink the city's relationship with cars.

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A revised plan to revamp Downtown’s Market Square would permit traffic on one side while banning parking altogether in an effort to create more space...

Build a bipartisan coalition. Launch a pilot project. Speak to the core issues facing your community. That’s how Spokane, Washington, was able to eliminate costly parking mandates. Here's the full story.

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The Dallas City Plan Commission (CPC) is set to receive a briefing on the proposed Off-Street Parking & Loading Code Amendment during its meeting

The Parking Management Jump Start Guide is offered by the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and funded by the Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities program. Printing is funded by Oregon’s Transportation and Growth Management program, a joint effort of DLCD and the Oregon Department of Transportation. DLCD would like to thank the Guide’s Project Management Team and the city staff members from throughout Oregon who participated in our outreach process for their invaluable contributions to this Guide.