Outdoor dining venues near San Diego beaches face tough new restrictions from Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission approves regulation forcing restaurants near the shoreline with street seating to replace lost parking spots or shut down al fresco dining
Edmonton got rid of parking minimums 2 years ago. What has happened since then?
In June of 2020, Edmonton became the first major Canadian city to remove minimum parking requirements. The change meant that instead of developers and businesses having to provide a specific number of parking spaces, they could decide how much to offer. (Accessible spots for people with disabilities continue to be required). Ashley Salvador, who is now a city councillor but was working as an urban planner at the time, advocated for the change and now considers it a success. "A fear that we heard
Parking Reform for Affordable Housing Production | Planetizen News
The Regional Plan Association published “Parking Policy Is Housing Policy: How Reducing Parking Requirements Stimulates Affordable Housing Production.”
The multilane arterials known as “stroads” remain dangerous fixtures of US cities. In an excerpt from his book Walkable City, planner Jeff Speck outlines how to tame them.
Bikes and Cars Duel Over the Same Parking Spaces in Berlin
In an effort to clear cluttered sidewalks, new city regulations will raise parking fees for drivers while allowing bicycles and scooters to claim street spaces for free.
Understanding the capacities of urban street spaces by mapping Melbourne’s parklets
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many parklets have been deployed onto kerbside carparking spaces throughout Melbourne, Australia, by street-fronting hospitality businesses, to provide socially-dista...
Transformative decision a half-century ago to scrap I-95 extension still resonates in Boston today - The Boston Globe
Fifty years ago last week, Governor Francis Sargent killed the Southwest Expressway, an 8-mile extension of Interstate 95 from Canton to the South End, a decision that transformed and shaped modern Boston.
Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements, study finds
Up to 78% of walkers would take a more challenging route featuring obstacles such as balancing beams, steppingstones and high steps, research has found. The findings suggest that providing 'Active Landscape' routes in urban areas could help tackle an "inactivity pandemic" and improve health outcomes.
Only purchases from authorized in-state retailers would be eligible for rebates, and rebate recipients would need to own their e-bikes “for at least one year after receiving the rebate,” according to the bill.
Federal Transportation Program Expands to Curb Crashes and Emissions
The Department of Transportation’s Every Day Counts program once emphasized auto-oriented infrastructure. Now it's doing more to take climate and safety into account.
Nashville is the latest city to enact a substantive change to the parking requirements set by the city’s zoning code—doing away with parking minimums and setting parking maximums in the city’s Urban Zoning Overlay.