Parking

The city is now facing a major civil rights suit from the Biden Administration if it doesn't eliminate illegal parking by cops and other city workers.

Free parking has a veneer of equality, but it is unfair. Here's a proposal from America's leading parking academic to make it more equitable.

Governments introduced minimum parking requirements in the 1950s as car ownership skyrocketed. However, that’s all changing.

The City of Ottawa is proposing to remove minimum parking space requirements for new developments, arguing it should make housing more affordable and stimulate new construction. Experts say that's exactly what's happened elsewhere.

Move the illegal sidewalk parking or denounce it altogether?

If offered the choice between paid and free parking, many people would probably choose the latter. But free parking may be creating more problems than it’s worth.

A stunning aerial photo of Dodger Stadium is circulating online and revealing the shocking amount of surrounding parking.

Changes in how to pay for some parking and who enforces fines came into effect last week.

On-street parking is permitted in some neighbourhoods but not others, which makes a proposed hike in parking fees even more unfair.

Some argue that parking limits would promote transit, biking and walking; free up land for housing and green spaces; and generate property tax revenue.

Converting malls could create hundreds of thousands of badly needed homes.

There are dedicated parking spaces for non-customers to use at the North Buffalo store, but now they're at a cost.

The Parking Reform Network, a nonprofit that researches and advocates for parking policy changes, found 27% of the land in downtown Allentown is dedicated solely to parking. Whether that’s good or …

Touch screens, new pay-by-plate parking meters and a new pilot program introducing cashless transactions are being added to Toronto streets

New ordinance would do away with free parking after 6 p.m. and make drivers pay to park until 2 a.m.

The University of Regina is using a device called the Barnacle, which covers a windshield to block the driver's view, as a way to collect unpaid parking fines.

Since 2021, developers in Minneapolis have started to build new housing with significantly less parking, suggesting an untapped demand for parking-free or parking-light housing options.

A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

A perhaps overlooked element of the return-to-office conversation: How employees get to work in the first place.

Employer-paid parking will undermine New York City’s congestion tolls. But parking cash-out policies like those in California and Washington D.C. can solve the problem.

In the three years since New York City began installing curbside chargers for electric cars, demand has boomed — both from EV owners and from gas-engine drivers willing to risk a ticket.

Readers’ letters, Victoria Times Colonist, April 3, 2024

Effective Wednesday, AmFam Field will return to its traditional parking payment system until the issues with the new system are resolved.

Growing traffic and parking issues induce the need for smart parking systems.Fort Collins, Colorado, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Smart Parking System Market size was valued at USD 29.8 Billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 161.0 Billion by 2032 at a CAGR of 20.6%. The rapid pace of urbanization and the consequent increase in population density within urban areas have heightened the strain on existing parking infrastructure. Smart parking systems present a viable solution by opt

Up to 10 Sound Transit-owned parking facilities -- including at all Link station parking facilities -- could see daily paid parking begin around the time that the Lynnwood Link Extension opens.

The City of Edmonton has unveiled a new mobile payment system for those looking to park around the city that will launch later this month.

Changes in how to pay for some parking and who enforces fines have come into effect in parts of NI.

And in this city, time is indeed money; those delays cost the city over $243 million every year, the report estimates.

From parking fees to registration fees, forward-thinking cities are slapping heavy penalties on heavy vehicles.