Parking

After a citywide fund takes a cut, each district is left with less than a quarter of parking revenue. Here's how it's spent.

Forget "Seinfeld" — the fundamental challenges of parking policy are not limited to big cities.

As the city grapples with a housing shortage, London city councillors will be asked next week to kickstart the process of redeveloping five municipal parking lots into high-density residential units and public parking.

A class-action suit brought in 2015 challenged the fine and the penalty after the plaintiffs received a $63 ticket and the subsequent $63 late fee after parking at meters downtown

BART has agreed to give Berkeley a 1.7-acre parking lot as part of a community benefits deal for housing at the Ashby station.

The zoning reform effort represents a significant step toward a more progressive land-use policy that will give property owners flexibility and, city officials hope, result in more housing units affordable for middle-class households.

Alumnus Tony Jordan is a 2024 Grist 50 honoree, a list of climate leaders and innovators.

In this episode, host Tiffany Owens Reed talks with Council Member Paloma Delgadillo about her efforts to make her city of Broomfield, Colorado, more resilient.

Some city leaders say Boulder has too many parking spaces. And while that might not line up with your experience trying to park at Pearl Street mall, transportation experts say some Front Range cities have too many empty parking spots that could be used for things like housing or parks. On today’s In The NoCo, we’ll hear from one Boulder City Council member who says it’s time to stop requiring builders to create so much parking.

'The only opposition usually comes from homeowners who fear the spillover of drivers parking on their residential streets,' says columnist

Marianne Alto is asking religious and cultural centres to consider using their surface lots as overnight shelter space in return for a tax break

The City of Lansing controls about 4,200 paring spaces downtown, but most aren't used. How can the city turn this \

One weekend a year, advocates repurpose curbside parking to make more space for people. Join them!

Goa’s urban spaces are increasingly under pressure, and nowhere is this more evident than in the undervaluation of car parking space—a precious resource that is

Sometimes you need a car. And yes, there are gaps in public transportation. But that doesn’t mean we want the city to resign us all to life in transit deserts.

Cities around the nation are taking on projects to gather and analyze vast amounts of digital data points related to curb usage. This can enable new forms of delivery and dynamic parking prices.

The Department of Transportation wants to clarify how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to pedestrian facilities including transit stops.

Salt Lake City is inching closer to a new ordinance that would prohibit the demolition of any housing unit for any new type of commercial parking.

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Earlier this spring, when Port Townsend, Washington, eliminated parking mandates—predetermined numbers of parking spaces required by law for new buildings—the news took the internet by surprise. Not many people expected the first Washington city to make off-street ... Read more

The annual Grist 50 list features leaders who are making a difference in their communities and tackling the most pressing climate issues we face.

A San Francisco parking lot full of Waymo robotaxis has a nightly cacophony of honking as the cars try to park themselves after midnight.

I love suburbs now, it's over.

Houston Street parking meter spaces will be transformed this week to celebrate International Park(ing) Day and create temporary green spaces for San Antonians and visitors to enjoy.

The City Council is poised to approve the first major neighborhood rezoning of the Adams administration.  The body is expected to vote Thursday on the rezoning of 46 blocks around four new Metro-North stations planned for Co-op City, Hunts Point, Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest. The rezoning is sending a mixed message. On one hand, […]

Learn how emerging technologies like IoT and AI are reshaping urban landscapes in Barcelona and Dublin.

Zoning reform could be coming to the city of Binghamton. Mayor Jared Kraham says it will decrease development costs, supporting new construction. Planned reforms eliminate or reduce some requirements

In some fast-growing Sun Belt cites, “the overnight lows kind of sneak up on you.”

“Superblocks,” a street design idea that is gaining popularity in Europe, could bring green relief to American cities.

The city of Minneapolis is changing critical parking areas as land uses change and as it tries to reduce driving by 2030.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Businesses attempting to get permits in Spokane will no longer have to build parking to accompany their buildings. The move makes Spokane the first major city in