Parking

At Tuesday night's City Council meeting, members voted 5-0 to repeal the paid parking program after around 2,400 signatures were presented to the city in April.

Coun. Shawn Menard has asked city of Ottawa staff to examine a "sliding scale for parking fines that is geared to income, or other potential proxies for ability to pay."

The City of Wildwood is turning on its parking meters a week early. Now they'll be on when Donald Trump is holding a rally in town.

Advocates say this is one of the most ambitious attempts to reform parking laws in the country.

In a small but growing number of cities across the United States, parking reform is gaining momentum. How a city approaches parking could seem trivial, but it is deeply rooted in issues relating to less carbon-intensive transportation systems, encouraging green spaces and increasing access to affordable housing.

The road to more housing is paved with lots of people who don't want to give up parking, as the mayor is finding as his City of Yes plan goes forward.

According to the release, Birmingham is the first southern city to make this change.

Do you have a favorite food truck? These micro businesses are often features of their communities, and they represent an important stage of incremental development. But strict zoning laws can put these businesses at risk. Hot Dog House FL learned this the hard way when parking mandates evicted them

The measures are aimed at making housing more affordable by increasing density and eliminating roadblocks to development

Old Town’s first new building project has more than double the number of homes and less parking than the city’s old code would have allowed. The rest of the city might follow suit.

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers passed important legislation today that will reduce the cost of housing, expand housing options near transit, curb urban sprawl, and encourage more sustainable transportation options. Passage of HB-1304 Minimum Parking Requirements removes minimum parking requirements for...

In Oklahoma’s three largest cities, single-family zoning regulations create obstacles for affordable housing development. As Tulsa and Oklahoma City budget large influxes of tax dollars for housing, some policymakers recommend reconsidering zoning laws.

Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickup trucks took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

A battle is brewing between the City of Toronto and one of its own agencies over how to share 10s of millions of dollars in profit generated by publicly-owned parking lots.

A proposal to again have the City of London subsidize time-limited parking in parts of the downtown core stalled in a council committee on Monday.

The request was made during a Pennsylvania State Senate committee hearing.

Parking space seems to be just as scarce and in high demand as affordable housing in Amsterdam. A garage parking spot in the Dutch capital was listed for sale on real estate platform Funda for a staggering 495,000 euros. It can also be rented for 750 euros per month, instead.

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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?