Parking

Encinitas recently extended its safe parking program for homeless residents, though it has long been a point of contention for neighbors.

Environmental causes run into conflict with zoning reforms intended for environmental benefit once again, as the California Coastal Commission requires San Diego to reinstate parking requirements for ADUs.

Gard Pecor created a diagram comparing how much land in downtown Milwaukee is dedicated to garage and parking lots versus park and plaza spaces. Pecor’s map spurred conversations questioning how the area could be reimagined to create more people-centered spaces, and how that could be translated across the city.

Launched before the pandemic, this program has only become more relevant.

At least seven low-income housing developments funded by the state have eclipsed more than $1 million per apartment to build in the last two years.

San Jose, California, is now one step closer to removing a longstanding policy that has resulted in an oversupply of parking throughout the city, sprawl and higher housing costs. On

Yes, In My Backyard groups have formed in communities across the country to fight zoning and development practices that make housing less affordable.

Held every two years, the World Urban Forum is the premier global conference on urbanization convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). It brings together a wide range of participants from around the world to discuss major urban challenges facing the world today.

Where many urban planners are seeing the social benefits that lay dormant within these spaces others focus on the environmental impact of the common parking lot.

When Evan Kindler agreed to write a report on Parking Benefit Districts for an internship project, he didn’t know that he’d catch the parking reform bug.

If signed by the Mayor, the bill would require employers to provide transit benefits through a pre-tax payroll deduction or company-purchased fare passes

More fliers are driving to the airport, making slots for their cars scarce and more expensive

Pennsylvania law on street parking is decades old. It limits protected bike lanes.

Op-ed: The Science Museum of Virginia is transforming two acres of asphalt surface parking along Richmond’s Broad Street into a new public green space.

The recommendation asks city officials to consider a program that would send citizens a portion of funds from citations issued for infractions.

Curtailing parking minimums represents a sweeping shift in American attitudes.

So why do transportation leaders spend so much time drafting “pedestrian master plans” and “bike master plans” without accompanying “car master plans” aimed at b…

Free parking at work should be tax-exempt only if commuters who don't drive to work are offered a benefit of equivalent value.

Bill from Senator Portantino would offer a tax credit to people who do not own cars

Toxic particles from tyre wear almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts as weight of cars increases

Toronto’s motor champions still operate under the delusion cars are crucial to urban mobility, instead of mainly getting in the way of better options.

Zoning reform policies that boost economic development, promote housing, and bust the myth that reducing parking spaces hurts businesses.

Mandatory parking rules make housing more expensive. California’s legislature should undo them.

City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.

A.B. 2097 and A.B. 1778 illustrate that a powerful approach to addressing the overlapping problems of affordable housing and sustainable transportation can be to solve both at once.

A local group of builders and community activists say they have a creative and cost-efficient plan to get thousands of homeless people off the streets of Los Angeles and into safe spaces immediatel…

The debate over parking with new development is everlasting in Missoula, where land is both limited and expensive. Using it to park cars is costly, and it may fall out of vogue as ride share and public transportation grow to provide new mobility options.

This year, California has a unique opportunity to grapple with the consequences of one of the most misguided planning ideas: parking minimums. For

The state land use board provisionally approved the rules but left room for tweaks by July.

In our second event in our series "Zoning in Charlottesville," UVA Planning Professor Dr. Andrew Mondschein presented on "The High Cost of Mandatory Parking...