MRSC - Parking Reform: Part 2
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SF Transit Bosses To Rip Out Hundreds of Parking Spots, but It Will Take Years and Cost Millions
Parking is set to be removed from nearly 1,200 bus stops to help seniors and people with disabilities access transit.
Living on Earth: Parking Reform and Climate Change
Suburban sprawl adds to climate disruption by promoting driving and to accommodate commuters, some 30 percent of urban land is already devoted to parking. Even more spaces are often required when buildings are constructed or renovated. Now some cities and states, including California, are steering away from parking space mandates. Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, joins Host Steve Curwood to discuss what parking reform may look like for cities.
Don’t expect your car’s safety technology to save you
What if ADAS is just for convenience?
Lack of Transportation Hinders Community College Students
Many students are “one flat tire away from dropping out.”
Why the Price of Gas Has Such Power Over Us
“When prices go up, we have this feeling of oppression that we can’t do everything we want.”
On Car-Free Streets, Many New York Restaurants Thrived
By promoting outdoor dining, the city’s Open Streets program has helped some eating and drinking establishments survive the pandemic, a new report finds.
Culver City Abolishes Parking Requirements Citywide
Culver City’s new policy does not mean that new restaurants and new housing will have no parking. Developers will still include parking in new developments; the city won’t require them …
Cambridge Becomes First Massachusetts City to Fully Abolish Parking Minimums | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Cambridge City Council on Monday eliminated all minimum parking space requirements from the city’s zoning code, citing declining car ownership and the need for more open space and housing construction.
End Expensive Mandated Parking
BY STEPHANIE NAKHLEH When I first was introduced to the idea of decreasing parking mandates, I had the same reaction I see others having: we need MORE parking, not less! But over time I’ve been con…
Parking Requirements Eliminated in Cambridge, Massachusetts | Planetizen News
A major zoning amendment was approved by the Cambridge City Council on Monday, October 24, 2022.
Shifting Gears
Why Communities Are Eliminating Off-Street Parking Requirements—and What Comes Next.
This AI-powered parking garage rewards you for not driving
Fetch.ai uses artificial intelligence to put a price on parking—and a test is underway in Munich.
Streets for recovery
Open Streets Program
How Portland’s Form of Government Makes It Hard to Find Parking
Transportation commissioners come and go, but policies to free up curb space remain perpetually stuck at City Hall.
City’s ‘Open Streets’ Program Sparked Economic Growth During Pandemic, New Report Shows
Maybe this will silence the skeptics.
From Chaos to Order: A Brief Cultural History of the Parking Lot
Urban designer Eran Ben-Joseph charts the evolution of the humble parking lot.
Forget tainted candy: The scariest thing on Halloween is parked in your driveway
More American child pedestrians die on Halloween from cars than on any other day of the year.
Musk's California Hyperloop Prototype Will Become a Parking Lot
The tunnel was unveiled in 2018 to be a testing ground for future hyperloop technology.
Car-Dominated Urban Sprawl Will Become Irrelevant Urban Blight
The world is not going to turn its back on automobiles. But a much smaller percentage of the world will ever demand them than North Americans presume.
A Truly Green Building Doesn't Have Parking
See how a rental development eliminates parking.
It’s Been 100 Years Since Cars Drove Pedestrians Off The Roads
One hundred years ago roadbuilder Edward J. Mehren wrote that streets, should be redesigned for the utility of motorists alone. He got what he wished for as the U.S. became the first auto-dependent society. (Mehren also later got what he didn’t wish for: he was killed in a motor crash.)
The Cities Keeping Their Car-Free Spaces
The open streets of the pandemic reclaimed public space for pedestrians and bicyclists. From Bogotá to New York to Stockholm, some of those changes have become permanent.
Electric Vehicles: A Solution to Climate Change but a Challenge for Roads
This August, California legislators proposed an ambitious, sweeping ban prohibiting the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 in an effort to reduce vehicle emissions and fight climate change. California leads the nation in efforts to limit the rapid warming of our planet through both legislation and conscientious consumption. The mandated increase in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) must spark an increase in supply as well; indeed, both domestic and international auto manufacturers have set targets to scale electric vehicle […]
The State of Local Zoning: Reforming a Century-Old Approach to Land Use | Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
MIT research finds that commuting distances are standard regardless of city size
Researchers from the MIT Senseable City Lab have produced a series of maps visualizing commuting habits across Chinese cities. Titled Potato Project, the study used mobile phone location data from 50 million individuals across 234 cities to understand commuting patterns between a person’s home...
Biggest Barrier to Biking Is a Fear of Cars
If we are serious about getting people on bikes, they need a safe place to ride.
Four Ways Automotive Regulators Could Save Pedestrian Lives
America’s top regulatory agency is failing its mandate to “keep people safe on America’s roadways” — and to truly accomplish it, they need to fundamentally change the way they operate.…
Salt Lake City mulls major change to electric vehicle infrastructure policy
Salt Lake City is looking to change electric vehicle infrastructure policy. Here’s what you need to know.
Op-Ed: L.A. should stop requiring developers to waste space on parking
The city should reduce the amount of land devoted to cars, so more housing can be built.