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The decision of the world’s fifth-largest city to shift road space from cars to other uses has produced increasingly vibrant urban neighborhoods.

The rising cost of land in city centers, an increased interest in walkable neighborhoods and growth in online car shopping have made urban dealerships tempting targets for redevelopment.

Streets that invite people to walk, bike, scoot, and take reliable public transit are good for our health and climate.

To fight climate change and the California's housing affordability crisis, Gov. Newsom signed a bill that will bar cities from setting minimum parking requirements near transit stops.

The share of journeys made by car in the city has fallen by nearly half, and the trend is only accelerating.

The City Council is considering an end to so-called minimum parking requirements, a move that would Cambridge on a growing list of US cities that have done away with the rule in order to encourage more housing.

A bill intended to reduce the Golden State’s car-dependency and protect the climate is still sitting on his desk.

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‎Show Booked on Planning, Ep The High Cost of Free Parking - Sep 13, 2022

Assemblymember Alex Lee’s AB 2206 would fix gaping loopholes in current “parking cash-out” law.

During European Mobility Week 2022, Brussels instituted a car-free Sunday, allowing citizens to experience the city with public transport and cycling. The move led to a 90% drop in car pollution and 8..

The Biden administration announced a $105 million grant Thursday for Michigan to remove a Detroit highway that leveled a Black community half a century ago.

Developers including Southern Land Company plan to build storefronts further off corridors like Gallatin Avenue

New buildings in California have to leave room for cars. Gavin Newsom can change that right now.

Business improvement district asks for further study after fatal hit-and-run.

New York City has data showing substantial reductions in serious injuries and fatalities resulting from road diets, pedestrian islands and sidewalk extensions. Advocates say it's a rare kind of accountability for roadway designers.

People must both drive less and switch to electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

"There is a real solution: end the off-street parking requirements mandated by archaic zoning laws enacted when gas was cheap and full of lead, elevated trains were being torn down, and flying cars were the future. With climate change now posing an existential threat, it is time to move on."

Cities often cling to parking requirements because Californians have come to expect abundant free parking. That comes at the expense of affordable housing.

It's listed at $90,000. However, that's actually $10,000 less than what it was previously priced.

A state bill awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature would prohibit parking mandates in neighborhoods within half a mile of transit.

Don­ald Shoup, an urban plan­ning pro­fessor at the Uni­versity of Cali­for­nia Los Angeles, pub­lished a brick of a book in 2005 called The High Cost of Free Park­ing. Work of such dens­ity is not usu­ally widely read; Prof. Shoup’s book, however,...

Metro Council wants to reduce the requirement for parking to help recruit more affordable housing.

Fossil Fuels are not just warming the climate—they are endangering us.

Startups are scrambling to disrupt the post-pandemic parking sector, arguing that real-time data will mean less traffic and more revenue for cities.

The data is clear that congestion charges are the most effective way of cutting traffic in the cities where they have been used.

The MTA has done a terrible job selling congestion pricing to the public

If urban highways enforce racial barriers between neighborhoods, why do officials keep spending so much to expand them?

The EU is set to miss its 2030 target to reduce transport-related noise pollution by miles.