North Carolina lawmakers introduce bill targeting parking lots - WCCB Charlotte's CW
The bipartisan-supported bill aims to remove parking minimum requirements and toxic pavement sealants while updating guidance on how to manage run-off and floodplains.
Denver wants to repeal parking mandates citywide. This will help the city fight the housing crisis by reducing the costs and regulatory hurdles of development.
If parking relief is granted to just about every development, why require parking in the first place? - Streetsblog Chicago
This article also appears in Streetsblog Chicago cofounder Steven Vance’s personal blog Steven Can Plan. He also runs the local development data website Chicago Cityscape. The Chicago zoning code requires nearly every development, new or renovated, to provide on-site car parking. The code also provides relief from that requirement, most often in the form of […]
The Riverkeeper says the state’s fast growth may create economic opportunities, but that it also strains the state’s infrastructure, natural resources, and environment.
Reforming Parking Doesn’t Require Cities to Reinvent the Wheel - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
In the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, sustainable mobility is making strides. The city has been implementing more shared bikes, safer bike lanes, and improved pedestrian pathways alongside a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line. But another key component of the area’s transformation is lesser known: better parking management and parking reform. Our streets are critical
Cities Tackle Traffic, Parking Through Curb Management
Municipalities in California, Colorado and Washington are working toward a deeper understanding of what goes on at their curbs, to solve persistent problems related to parking, congestion and deliveries.
New zoning model could encourage denser, more walkable future for Tucson
Betsy Larson wants to live in a more walkable neighborhood, with streetlights illuminating bustling roadways in front of thriving local businesses. She believes a new zoning tool proposed by Tucson’s planning commission could help make this a reality by offering developers the option to build higher, denser and more accessible city spaces. Larson is the […]
Until code reform, Missoula extends 'emergency' ordinance
The Missoula City Council on Monday night extended an emergency ordinance adopted in 2023 to ensure the city remains in compliance with state law until it's able to fully reform its zoning and development codes.
4 Cities That Are Slashing Outdated Parking Mandates
Across North America, parking mandates harm businesses, residents and cities. Fortunately, a rapidly growing number of cities are questioning these requirements, inching toward reforming or even repealing them altogether. Here are some of the communities that are rethinking their approaches.
How to Turn Cities Into Biketopias? Make it Harder to Drive There
In New York and other cities where congestion pricing policies, bike infrastructure projects, and car bans have been put in place, cyclists are finding the streets more welcoming.
How Atlanta's Parking Requirement Changes Made Housing Development Possible
The Finley Street Cottages project in Atlanta, Georgia, shows how parking mandates can prevent desperately needed development — and how removing those mandates makes housing more attainable and affordable.
Guest essay: What Evanston can learn from Minneapolis’ zoning changes
By Zak Yudhishthu, a housing and urban policy researcher based in Chicago As Evanston has considered changing its zoning code to allow higher densities of
Bellingham Eliminates Parking Mandates, Makes Room for Homes
On January 13, 2025, the city council of Bellingham, Washington, eliminated parking mandates citywide. This decision is a key step in reducing barriers to housing development.
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Empty SF parking garages are a big problem for city's transit health
San Francisco’s parking garages are as empty as they’ve ever been. It's bad for the city in terms of traffic, shopping and funding its troubled Muni system.