Parking

Open houses on the issue start tonight and reader Andre Riopel encourages people to come out and discuss parking reforms

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge from Chicago drivers over hourly meter rates for public parking in the city, in a case that sought to void Chicago's 75-year, $1.15 billion contract with a private equity firm managing the system.

The meters won’t break the bank: They’re $1.25 an hour, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., except for Sundays, which, thankfully, will remain off the books

Excess parking is costing renters dearly, even if they don't drive — and in New Jersey, a small tweak in local zoning codes save them over a thousand dollars a year.

The curb has become complete chaos.

Each year on Parking Day, coveted curbside parking spaces in Denton, TX, are claimed by couches, games, potted plants, information tables, and conversations about the city’s future.

In retrospect, giving an investment bank complete control over a city's parking meters for 75 years might not be a great idea.

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Like many coastal communities, parking can be a challenge in Morro Bay. So this week, the city council is taking another look at a 2020 study that recommended a paid parking program.

The City of Cape Coral is working to create the South Cape Parking Management Plan to help improve downtown parking.

A plan to simplify downtown parking may end booting and towing in private lots and increase city funds for improvements but parking prices may double.

“We need the parking, don’t we?” Councilmember Paul Barich said.

Oct. 24—CHEYENNE — Wyoming's capital city is losing money on parking, and the Cheyenne City Council is considering whether the solution is to privatize enforcement. Downtown Cheyenne continues to grow. Bringing in more tourists and new businesses is expected to continue with the recent renewal of a mill levy tax on commercial properties within the Downtown Development Authority boundaries. As ...

“(The Metropolis representative) said, don’t worry, this happens all the time, it looks like someone with a similar license plate drove into our lot, the camera captured it, and charged your account,” Richardson said. “I was just taken aback when he said that, and my immediate response was, how do you let this happen?”

The city of Rehoboth says they made a mistake when calculating the total revenue made in parking for this summer. The city says they made about 20,000 dollars more in

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A seven-block stretch of Washington Street in downtown Buffalo from South Division to Genesee streets will be the guinea pig for the city's first implementation of its new Smart Streets design.

The goal, council members say, is to address a complaint they frequently get from residents

The YIMBY Movement had a near perfect victory this session, thanks primarily to the unprecedented alliance.

With the few housing in downtown chico, the hope is to bring more housing projects instead of vacant spaces.

COUNCILLORS have been urged to not support free morning parking in three south Ceredigion towns because of the “stark wider financial challenges that Ceredigion County Council is facing” and the “lack of any tangible evidence” to suggest free parking trials in Llandysul and Tregaron has had any impact on the local economy.

State College, PA, voted to authorize eminent domain to demolish three downtown businesses for a parking garage. In response, a Strong Towns Local Conversation group mobilized opposition to the project.

Strong Towns member Will Gardner shares how the 60-person bike bus he helps lead in his hometown is helping kids get to school, and reducing the number of cars in the drop-off lane.

Critics say boom in sales of SUVs and dual-cab utes has been disastrous for safety and the environment – and car parks may be at risk of collapse

This initiative aims to reduce minimum parking requirements for new development in the city to improve walkability, rent prices, urban sprawl, and environmental factors according to the city website.

It is more likely that older multi-story carparks will be damaged by heavier SUVs, utes, HEVs and PHEVs than by Battery Electric Vehicles.

The news back in May that Austin’s City Council voted to eliminate citywide parking mandates made waves across the nation, cited by a number of publications as evidence that these outdated re…

In the wake of Disney's announcement it is investing $60 billion in parks, Disney World and Disneyland are raising their prices.

Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday that will ban vehicles from parking near crosswalks, a...