Parking

The state made sweeping reforms that eliminate parking requirements in some jurisdictions, which supporters hope will lead to faster, less expensive construction and the revitalization of vacant properties and underused lots.

Even large car-dependent cities like Houston and Los Angeles are serious about reducing the auto traffic on highways as these cities reimagine transit and other transportation investments.

To many urban Americans in the 1920s, the car and its driver were tyrants that deprived others of their freedom.

A new video about the dangers of car dependency by a popular automotive vlogger is prompting a conversation about how people who love cars can help dismantle a transportation system that privileges…

US highway fatalities are way up and speeding in big heavy vehicles is part of the reason.

From more historic building renovations to smarter curbside parking management, two-thirds of Oregonians are about to experience the benefits of making more asphalt optional.

A House committee approved a bipartisan bill that would authorize spending for truck parking to address concerns about a shortage.

Plans called for new road striping along Ninth Street to accommodate vehicle travel and bicycle lanes between Kossuth Street and Teal Road.

If approved, minimum parking requirements for commercial buildings 7,500 square feet or less would be eliminated.

Step aside, makeup tutorials and viral dance challenges — TikTok for urban planning has arrived.

During my research and writing of the Downtown Bellevue development articles, I actively estimated the amount of parking spaces that Bellevue had recently added and could add as part of its develop…

If state leaders are serious about making California affordable, they should block local laws that require parking that may be unnecessary and costly.

Learn how cars are worsening the heat wave and why it's time to reassess their place in cities.

An online community questions society's obsession with automobiles.

The site will have 5,000 new apartments—along with schools and stores that all residents can walk to.

Hoboken, N.J. has a thing or two to teach its big time neighbor to the east about Vision Zero.

The smartphone-based congestion-pricing technology being tested in Bogota, Colombia, is showing promise. Some major U.S. cities are also looking at solutions to better manage their own crowded roadways.

Outdated meters have been replaced with electronic stations that allow drivers to pay from anywhere and make parking enforcement simpler.

City of San Diego could learn lessons as it readies to open its own site in the fall

Our newest edition of Dangerous by Design has “design” in its name, but what do we mean when we say that street design is a large factor responsible for this epidemic of deaths?

The goal: By creating fewer off-street spaces for cars we might be able to create more spaces for people.

Half of Milan’s 1.35 million residents are now within walking distance of new public space, much of it reclaimed from cars through the judicious placement of planters and the bold and expansive application of paint, an easily reversible city makeover technique known as “tactical urbanism.”

Our newest report—Dangerous By Design—is here. More than 6,500 people were struck and killed while walking in 2020, an average of nearly 18 per day, and a 4.5 percent increase over 2019. News reports tend to blame individual behavior for these crashes, but we have another explanation for the ongoing epidemic of traffic fatalities: our streets are dangerous by design.

Finally, homes for people will no longer be conditional on car parking.

Who pays for parklets? What can they look like? Here’s your guide to SLO’s new permanent parklet program.

Streets have been optimised for one thing: traffic. A kind of ‘urban rewilding’ could return them to the complex social ecosystems they once were

It's essential to draw on a wider range of solutions to create safe experiences in nightlife corridors without damaging their vibrancy.

Washington is the first city in the nation to propose a targeted charge by vehicle weight, but even that ambitious policy falls short of similar weight charges in other countries.

The Lynn housing authority recently completed the latest phase of a multi-year project that is bringing new vitality to an area near the General Electric Riverworks plant.