City planners are questioning the point of parking garages
As many cities grapple with the housing crisis, some places are rewriting regulations and finding creative ways to repurpose these hulking masses of concrete that suck up valuable real estate.
Less lots, more walks: Utah ‘parking reform’ bill could mean less parking near transit stations
A Utah legislator is planning to introduce a bill that would forbid cities from having minimum parking requirements near transit stations in an effort to improve walkability and reduce housing costs.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: "Place and Prosperity" Book Talk with Bill Fulton. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Lewis Center and advisory board member, Bill Fulton, as he shares his new book "Place and Prosperity." People feel intensely connected to cities as places and to other people who feel that same connection. In order to understand place – and understand human settlements generally – it is important to understand that places are not created by accident. They are created in order to further a political or economic agenda. Better cities emerge when the people who shape them think more broadly and consciously about the places they are creating. In Place and Prosperity: How Cities Help Us to Connect and Innovate, urban planning expert Bill Fulton explores the process by which these decisions about places are made, how cities are engines of prosperity, and how place and prosperity are deeply intertwined. Fulton has been writing about cities over his forty-year career that includes working as a journalist, professor, mayor, planning director, and the director of an urban think tank in one of America’s great cities. Place and Prosperity is a curated collection of his writings with new and updated selections and framing material. A moderated discussion with Lewis Center Associate Faculty Director Mike Lens, will follow the book overview.
Arlington to kick off variable-price parking pilot along two Metro corridors | ARLnow.com
Next month, Arlington County will hold a community event to kick off a three-year parking pilot program that prices parking by demand in a few highly trafficked corridors. This is the first official step forward since the Arlington County Board accepted a $5.4 million grant from the Virginia Dept. of Transportation for the "performance parking"
Virtual Community Kick-Off: Performance Parking Pilot Project
Arlington's Parking team is preparing to launch a 3-year pilot project to learn more about how we can make metered parking in our two Metro-rail corridors work better for businesses, customers, residents, and workers. As the team prepares to deploy new technology to measure demand for parking, come learn more about the Pilot Project and share your input on the project goals with our team.
Student housing or parking? These 4 Utah universities approach it differently
Housing construction on what used to be a University of Utah parking lot has some students upset with the lack of parking. In the end, different Utah cities and schools have a variation of the problem.
What Denver’s climate office learned from early e-bike rebate enthusiasm
Mike Salisbury, transportation energy lead in the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency, explains what inspired the program and how the local government adapted to a huge public response.
Oakland, Calif., Sets Up Digital ‘Smart Loading Zones’
More than 380 loading zones in Oakland will be turned into smart zones, allowing for commercial fleets — like parcel and other deliveries — to seamlessly park and pay by the minute.
Pedestrianizing America’s main street, Pennsylvania Avenue, would be the ultimate demonstration for the District, the nation, and the world that driving is not essential for a desirable, thriving neighborhood.
The EV transition isn't just about cars – the broader goal should be access to clean mobility for everyone
If the EV transition focuses exclusively on drivers in privately owned cars, it won’t meet many Americans’ mobility needs, particularly in underserved communities.
Northampton implements ‘long overdue’ parking reforms across the city
NORTHAMPTON — Reforms to Northampton’s parking system are officially in full effect across the city as a way for visitors of downtown to find parking near where they want to go.
Utah Could Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit | Planetizen News
A proposed state bill would bar cities from requiring parking in areas adjacent to transit stations in an effort to make housing production more affordable and encourage walking and transit use.
Cincinnati Hires Dedicated In-House Crew To Build Pedestrian Infrastructure
In what could be a model for cities across America, Cincinnati is creating an in-house team to build safer streets for people who walk and roll, and vaulting over one of the most common roadblocks …
Road Deaths Surged Alongside Covid — But Who Died, Exactly?
The surge of traffic deaths in the first year of the pandemic can’t be completely explained by quarantine-emptied roads that made speeding easy — and new data on who, exactly, was involved in…
Congestion pricing impacts people differently depending on their income
High-income travelers pay the bulk of congestion pricing fees, according to a new UK study. Others tend to change their travel behavior and would benefit from better travel options.
“Keep on fighting, that’s the message – it’s worth it,” insists Michael Glotz-Richter, Senior Project Manager for Sustainable Mobility at the Municipality of Bremen. He would know. The idea of car sharing was one of the first things to hit his desk when he started working for the city back in 1990, and in 2020
"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"
Instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable, writes Phineas Harper.
