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The EU is set to miss its 2030 target to reduce transport-related noise pollution by miles.

If urban highways enforce racial barriers between neighborhoods, why do officials keep spending so much to expand them?

The MTA has done a terrible job selling congestion pricing to the public

The data is clear that congestion charges are the most effective way of cutting traffic in the cities where they have been used.

Startups are scrambling to disrupt the post-pandemic parking sector, arguing that real-time data will mean less traffic and more revenue for cities.

Fossil Fuels are not just warming the climate—they are endangering us.

Metro Council wants to reduce the requirement for parking to help recruit more affordable housing.

Don­ald Shoup, an urban plan­ning pro­fessor at the Uni­versity of Cali­for­nia Los Angeles, pub­lished a brick of a book in 2005 called The High Cost of Free Park­ing. Work of such dens­ity is not usu­ally widely read; Prof. Shoup’s book, however,...

A state bill awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature would prohibit parking mandates in neighborhoods within half a mile of transit.

The decision of the world’s fifth-largest city to shift road space from cars to other uses has produced increasingly vibrant urban neighborhoods.

Despite its environmental achievements, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act substitutes electric vehicles for a more holistic, climate-friendly approach to urban planning and design.

“Like the Dutch have reclaimed land from the sea, we can reclaim land from parking”

Richmond’s City Council just selected a development team for a $2.4 billion reimagining of the Diamond District, which could yield more housing, transit-oriented development, and park space.

Lawmakers Aim To Create More Opportunities To Build Affordable Housing in Cities

Developers are no longer required to include parking with many new housing projects.

By decoupling parking from new residential construction, its new law could reduce housing costs, too.

A.B. 2097 is a “no-brainer” climate bill – now law- that will prohibit cities from setting a minimum parking requirement on developments near transit.

The measure prohibits cities and counties from imposing minimum parking requirements on...

Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2097, a bill eliminating parking requirements statewide for new housing and commercial developments located within a half-mile of major transit…

PARK(ing) Day returns to the City and County of Denver as we join other cities around the world in temporarily reclaiming on-street parking spaces for people places, or “parklets.” PARK(ing) Day is an annual event that encourages businesses, community groups, and other organizations to reimagine parking spaces and public streets as vibrant, people-friendly places.

Also today: Los Angeles’s plan to boost public transit ridership, and inside the world’s strictest Covid Zero city.

Gov. Newsom signed a bill Thursday preventing California cities from setting parking requirements for new developments near public transit.

Recently opened express lanes on a nine-mile stretch of Interstate 66 will now charge variable tolls based on traffic congestion.

When California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2907 into law on September 22, 2022—making it easier and cheaper to develop around transit stops by requiring less parking—it culminated a decade of political and legislative work. AB 2907 was only the latest in a string of laws proposed for similar effect, dating back to AB 710 in 2011, but it was the first to end up on the governor's desk.

The city shouldn’t require parking that never gets used.

Fairfax County is working on a zoning provision to reduce parking requirements but its Parking Reimagined proposal needs work.

Men and women make different travel choices — understanding those is key to achieving pollution and climate targets.

Cargo cycling has the potential to end thousands of needless car and truck journeys.

Places to put your car in Center City were dwindling even before the pandemic, and the trend will only continue. Is Philly truly ready to embrace a less ­car-dependent downtown?