Parking

On September 22, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2097, a sweeping override of local parking regulations for projects located within one-half…

Parking garages and other forms of mandated vehicle storage capacity are generally...not good. So, in the spirit of the season (of tax-deductible giving), pl...

San Jose, Calif., recently became the largest U.S. city to strike down minimum parking requirements for new housing development. The city reversed zoning devised in the 1950s that reputedly gave it the worst sprawl of parking space in northern California.

Hundreds of bills were signed into CA law - many of which will go into effect in 2023. One law will impact how much parking will be included in new housing p...

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It’s well-established that California suffers one of the most pernicious housing crises among the states. Rampant unaffordability, ever-increasing numbers of unhoused, and battles between housing advocates and neighborhood opponents are rampant. But in the last year, the state's government has taken robust legislative steps toward stemming these calamities.

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16 online calculators for housing, transit, social justice, etc.

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The City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to adopt a new plan that has the goal of "reducing dependency on automobile transportation."

But Rep. Peter Miguel, Manila, who filed House Bill 5292, wants customers to first reach a minimum purchase before parking fees are waived.

The tube was nearly a mile long.

The original Hyperloop tube, built to host student competitions, has been torn down and will be replaced with parking

The Bend City Council discussed the future of a new Bend Costco in Wednesday night's meeting, and it was revealed that Costco is not afraid to back out of the project if certain requests are not grant

Op-ed: In the decade or so before driverless cars roll out en masse, lawmakers must take the time to develop regulations that maximize their benefits and minimize their harms.

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices.

The busy, roundabout intersection is a pain point for drivers and pedestrians alike.

Parking reforms in Seattle led developers to provide significantly less parking supply, leaving more space for the city to build housing and other needs.

Written by University of Illinois at Chicago students Maggie Kochman, Zane Jacobson, and Bobby Siemiaszko. From January through May 2021, three students at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s…

In the pursuit of sustainability, the concept of ‘car-reduced neighborhoods’ promises to decrease car ownership and increase car-independent mobility.…

(2021). What do cars do when they are parked? Material objects and infrastructuring in social practices. Mobilities. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform. Journal of the American Planning Association. Ahead of Print.