Parking

The end of an experiment in old-fashioned urbanism.

Road salt eats away at concrete in multi-story parking garages in a process known as "Spalling". Salt accelerates the rate at which water gets into cracks, causing the concrete to pull away from its Rebar reinforcement. This is what happened to the River Center parking garage in downtown Saint Paul. A section of the garage ceiling recently fell onto a parked car, resulting in closure of the garage. In response, Saint Paul's new mayor, Melvin

Research suggests the most promising solution would be to provide direct cash assistance.

When it comes to climate change, bold solutions are needed now more than ever, and city leaders are up for the challenge.

Great programs like this one in Minnesota don’t happen when big parking lots are mandatory.

San Francisco’s affordable housing lotteries provide the closest thing to random experiments to find the answers.

Property company will also use empty shopping centres for the urban distribution sites

Goal of controversial move is making city less car-reliant, more climate friendly

Here’s what the city’s urban renewal agency has planned.

Car condos are popping up in New York City, and car owners are spending as much as some people do on a house to get one. Find out more.

Too much of the space in our downtowns is taken up by parked cars, and requiring developers to provide so many parking slots inflates the cost of housing. It’s becoming clear that those mandates are irrational.

Proposed changes to the site’s development plan and regulations would nearly triple parking, and allow some new uses.

During a meeting of the Planning Commission on Tuesday, members and staff worried about creating a warehouse district.

The exceptions, like Mockingbird Station, prove the de facto rule in Dallas: many light rail stations are surrounded by little more than unused parking spaces.

Restaurants and shopowners hit with hefty new fees and fines

Santa Monica wants to tear down an underused parking facility in the heart of downtown and replace it with affordable housing. Who could possibly be against that?

Around 40 bars and restaurants have participated in the parklet pilot program so far.

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

On Wednesday night, many commissioners expressed support for 9-story projects, if not taller, at the North Berkeley and Ashby BART stations.

Electric vehicles are better than ever and selling in record numbers. But we're only in the early stages of building the infrastructure to support them. That's a problem.

At least to one man who's fighting to save a parking deck

L.A. 25×25 pushes to give 25 percent of street space back to the people by 2025 – expanding Slow Streets, outdoor dining, plazas, green space, bus shelters, tree planting, pedestrian spa…

Grüne und SPD wollen in Berlin-Mitte jeden vierten Parkplatz umwidmen. Ein Entwurf für die Zählergemeinschaft der beiden Parteien beschreibt, wie die Straßen des Bezirks grüner, und die Kreuzungen sicherer werden sollen.

A startup called Reef wants to un-clog city streets and deliver food to your door via robot

While city and state officials celebrate the garage as a win for the city, urban planning...

After years of debate and more than five years after an initial deal fell through,...

To fight climate change, cities need to be designed with much more walking, biking, and public transit use in mind.