Parking

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Season 1 Episode 43: A DISCUSSION W/ DONALD SHOUP ABOUT HIS THREE FOUNDATIONAL PARKING REFORMS In this episode, John has a fascinating conversation with Donald Shoup, a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA about how strategic parking policy reforms can help create healthy, vibrant communities.

Donald Shoup, FACIP, author of The High Cost of Free Parking, discusses parking minimums, paid parking and Pearl Harbor.

Starting January 4, residents will no longer have to visit the parking office at Kings Street Garage to receive visitor permits.

Town officials say this had to be done because parking pass sales were down significantly this year.

And Austin pursues an anti-displacement transit plan and more in this week's The Mobile City.

PARK(ing) Day is the third Friday in September!

Nassau County’s Glen Cove has a 548-space garage where motorists can park free for as long as they want. Not surprisingly, some do.

In New York City, a parking spot can be a source of income or even a way to build community.

Shoup and Kolozvari on PBD

The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to increase parking ticket fines on Cal football game days to $225. The vote was part of a package of changes staff asked officials to make to the city's parking program.

Small changes can be transformative and cities can grow without expanding

Initial plans call for a solar canopy at the John Bryan Community Center. The covered pavilion would feature a solar roof with at least a 200-kilowatt capacity, with vehicle parking and event space underneath.

Fairfax County may be swapping out some of its extra parking space at the Fairfax County Government Center for affordable housing. You’ll soon have a chance to tell the board what you think.

The County Board approved a test of surge-price parking in Arlington on Tuesday, after discussing the potential impacts on people with lower incomes. The $5.4 million project is funded by VDOT, and the funds are expected to cover everything from developing to installing the needed parking softwar

After 19 months in office, Oswego Village Board President Troy Parlier attacked expenses on the new downtown parking garage, part of The Reserve At Hudson Crossing project.

Commentary: Personal car drivers have paid for curbside parking for nearly 100 years. Delivery and rideshare companies should too.

“I’m just speaking from a parent’s perspective and how hard it is to to get certain things done for schools; and to see more cuts even proposed… it’s frustrating.” — Read More »

Hartford's City Council Monday night punted on a measure that would significantly hike fees on downtown parking-lot operators after major downtown investors including Alan Lazowksi and Shelbourne Global Solutions LLC came out against the measure.

A major residential development could be built on a match-day car park if approved by city planners.

COVID-19 has been catastrophic for public transit. Plunging fare and tax revenues are forcing drastic cuts. In a guest post for SPUR, two UC Davis law professors suggest that there’s a solution right under our feet: Make private drivers pay market rates to park on the public’s roads. And yes, they argue, it’s legal.

RTD found that 40 percent of parking spaces at market-rate developments near transit stations go unused at peak hours.