Parking

The City Council is considering an end to so-called minimum parking requirements, a move that would Cambridge on a growing list of US cities that have done away with the rule in order to encourage more housing.

The share of journeys made by car in the city has fallen by nearly half, and the trend is only accelerating.

To fight climate change and the California's housing affordability crisis, Gov. Newsom signed a bill that will bar cities from setting minimum parking requirements near transit stops.

Streets that invite people to walk, bike, scoot, and take reliable public transit are good for our health and climate.

The rising cost of land in city centers, an increased interest in walkable neighborhoods and growth in online car shopping have made urban dealerships tempting targets for redevelopment.

The German Environmental Aid Association is urging local governments to implement significant hikes on parking fees for residents who park near their homes.

Urban villages can maximize accessibility and inclusivity, helping residents be healthy, wealthy, and happy. Here are specific targets for planning them.

The city is partnering with curb management company Automotus for the next year to decrease idling, congestion and other safety and efficiency issues, especially in the central business district.

San Diego provides strong evidence that eliminating parking mandates supports, rather than undermines, affordable housing production.

The parking spots, on the south side of Cornelia Avenue west of Clark Street, were removed this week and replaced with a wider sidewalk and full-height curb.

City guidelines mandating minimums for parking lots in Ann Arbor may soon be dissolved.

You can build it, but they won’t park there.

The four-story, 53-unit building planned for the 1500 block of E, North Ave, will provide a relatively small number of parking spaces for residents.

The sticking point: Should developers be allowed to build near high-speed bus lines without providing parking if they create extra affordable housing?

Building walkable communities with easy access to public transit is key to reducing our reliance on cars and achieving environmental goals, writes the CEO of Keolis North America.

This month, we talk to urban designer and planner Peter Calthorpe about his big idea for making California and the rest of the nation more earth-friendly and affordable.

Cars are so ubiquitous in the United States it’s hard for some people to believe it’s possible to live without one. But in order to meet a host of urgent local, regional and national environmental …

More than 30 business owners gathered at O'Shea's Irish Pub Wednesday to discuss the negative impact of the new parking regulations in West Palm Beach.

Ditching double garages and easing minimum parking requirements could unlock more low-cost homes in Perth's desirable areas, planners say.

Daniel Baldwin Hess, University at Buffalo, and Jeffrey Rehler, University at Buffalo For urban planners, parking rules established decades ago have become a contentious 21st-century challenge. Parking takes up about one-third of land area in U.S. cities; nationwide, there are an

What if any American could tell at a glance how her unique local land use policies influence the way she and her neighbors get around, without having to dig through a mountain of arcane jargon to g…

Dust off your walking shoes, cause pedestrian streets are back, baby.

Back when COVID-19 ravaged New York City and turned the city’s transportation needs upside down, significant portions of the road space were repurposed for non-car use. From bike lanes to public seating and urban parks, roads that previously saw gridlocked traffic were nearly instantly transformed into public spaces that benefitted a wider group of residents. […]

The city’s decision to reinstate parking requirements for housing developments will likely slow the recent boom of ‘missing middle housing’ construction.

Over 200 other cities in the U.S. have removed on-site parking requirements in some form or another. ... [Annapolis doesn't] have to blaze this path, but we should heed the lessons learned by others who already have.

Denver's doubly high parking meter prices aren't deterring people from driving and parking downtown.

A redevelopment of a 1980s strip center in a suburban town programs urban-style mixed uses with 1,500 fewer parking spaces than would have been required without sharing.

The reform proposal, authorized by the state’s anti-sprawl laws, is up for a vote this week.