Parking

A Council bill that would have cut Philly’s parking tax rate by nearly a third died during budget negotiations. The plan would have cost some $130 million in lost city revenue.

The legislation would have lowered the parking tax rate from its current 25% to 17%, in exchange for promises from parking lot operators to improve wages for workers.

The 15-Minute City states that all people should have access to all the goods and services they would need within 15 minutes of their home

A new city initiative will study parking requirements. It should get rid of them, says critic Mark Lamster.

Across the world governments are rushing to meet the increasing demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. In the UK a ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars has been brought forward from 2040 to 2030. Recent reports have found that in order to achieve such targets, electric vehicle chargepoints must be fitted five times fasterRead More

A pandemic-era surge in online shopping is clogging city streets with freight vehicles. Here’s how cities can take them back.

Parking recommendations set for discussion by City Council next week only tinker at the margins, and hardly feel worth the wait.

The city will soon be accepting bids on a plan that aims to bring a 400-space parking garage, public plaza, and more to the main retail corridor of The Heights.

New Iowa City Press-Citizen columnist Austin Wu argues that replacing parking spaces with affordable housing helps residents on two fronts.

While Penticton businesses are bringing up concerns about fewer people visiting the downtown area due to new paid parking, one cycling advocate thinks the city's choice to implement them will come to work in the stores' favour.

Vancouver’s excessive parkade construction is hindering our transportation goals — but it doesn’t need to.

A new campaign uses data to persuade mayors to embrace car reduction.

NRDC is excited to support Assemblymember Friedman and her bill to eliminate harmful parking requirements and support healthy and affordable communities.

After years of heated debate and public backlash, Charlottesville City Council seems to have decided to shelve a proposed multi-million dollar downtown parking garage, opting to explore cheape...

The feared, possible downside? Parking spillover on nearby neighborhood streets.

Philadelphia has often let parking get in the way of progress.

KINGSTON — The city’s “parking problem” is not a lack of parking spaces, it’s because there are too many, according to a long-awaited discussion paper from…

Rates in most areas are increasing by $0.50 or $1. But prices remain below pre-pandemic levels.

The city unveiled the new and improved parking lot above Helen Hunt Falls Tuesday.

Call it the case of the $12,410 parking ticket.

Mount Nicholson at the Peak, residential project jointly developed by WHARF HOLDINGS (00004.HK) a...

A Santa Monica parking structure be demolished and replaced with affordable housing. Learn more in this video made possible by Santa...

The largest preschool in Portland, OR is getting evicted and it is ultimately because the school’s landlord, a church, prefers cars parking over kids playing. Childswork Learning Center has s…

In recent years, cities across the United States have adopted a range of parking policy reforms to manage the existing parking supply, reduce traffic, cut pollution, and bolster city finances. Reforms include eliminating minimum parking requirements for development projects, enabling developments and businesses to share parking facilities, and using technology solutions to efficiently manage the supply of on-street parking. This interactive report allows users to access information on policies from cities across the U.S. A searchable, filterable database includes a range of recent policy examples that represent significant shifts from the status quo depending on the local context.

A new analysis finds that streets take up about 18% of urban space in major U.S. counties. That’s $959 billion worth of land.

Donald Shoup, the author of the seminal planning book "The High Cost of Free Parking," explains how parking requirements have poisoned cities and why poor planning is to blame.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Fairmont City Council passed four planning and zoning ordinances during its meeting Tuesday evening, paving the way for easier development and redevelopment by residents and

A popular Ontario tourist destination that was completely overwhelmed with visitors last summer is imposing huge fines and will now charge out-of-towners to use the beach in order to avoid overcrowding.

Before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19, cities throughout the United States were experiencing significant changes in their traditional traffic and parking pat