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The multilane arterials known as “stroads” remain dangerous fixtures of US cities. In an excerpt from his book Walkable City, planner Jeff Speck outlines how to tame them.

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When automobiles flooded urban America, builders, planners and designers faced a daunting challenge: where to put them.

We give our cars a lot of room. There's a growing effort to reclaim it.

The San Francisco Planning Commission gets its first crack at the environmental impact...

'Smart' road user charging could replace the alphabet soup of ULEZ, LEZ, the Congestion Charge and even road tax

Car emissions are killing the planet. Can congestion pricing and better public transit end our love affair with automobiles?

Two key politicians have already signaled support for a still-faraway "Grand...

City built around cars embraces shift to walkable, transit-oriented development.

In June of 2020, Edmonton became the first major Canadian city to remove minimum parking requirements. The change meant that instead of developers and businesses having to provide a specific number of parking spaces, they could decide how much to offer. (Accessible spots for people with disabilities continue to be required). Ashley Salvador, who is now a city councillor but was working as an urban planner at the time, advocated for the change and now considers it a success. "A fear that we heard

Your thoughts on changes to parking minimums ranged from "hell no" to "absolutely" to "mixed feelings."

The California Coastal Commission approves regulation forcing restaurants near the shoreline with street seating to replace lost parking spots or shut down al fresco dining

But CARB sidestepped real commitments on reducing VMT, even though the agency has acknowledged for years that reducing driving is key to meeting climate goals

Changes likely to sharpen political focus on choices about urban design and transport implied by Irish Government plans

His research into the consequences of misguided parking policies has profoundly changed the way we understand cities and inspired a viable movement to improve them.

Colin Marshall sits down at UCLA with urban planning professor Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking and the man who's made us aware of the f...

Changes in the way people live and work could trickle down into the amount of parking spaces built for new towers.

Nashville parking meters within the Interstate 40 loop will move to 24/7 enforcement early next year.

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Many cities are questioning the wisdom of minimum parking regulations that deprive them of valuable land for development.

Cities are loosening rules on building parking spots with new buildings: ‘It’s about the climate, it’s about walkability’

When Steve Jobs pitched Apple’s new California campus - which opened earlier this year - he wanted to turn parking lots into green landscapes. But the city of Cupertino demanded 11,000 parking spots, which put

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The way we plan and build our transportation systems has a direct impact on us. Our industry has recognized that many patterns of these transportation systems originate in the parking lot.

Starting January 1, 2023, real estate developers in Oregon and California will no longer be required to build off-street parking facilities for certain projects located near public transit.

Many cities in California require new residential or commercial developments to provide onsite parking spaces, but the changes are nothing new to Redwood City, where updated parking standards have been under consideration for some time, according to city officials