These mammoth new parking garages speak an inconvenient truth about green-talking Seattle
Some of the largest parking structures ever built in Seattle are coming on line in and around our high-tech neighborhoods. But we're embarrassed about it, so it's OK.
We can build our cities for e-commerce, we just need to repurpose our parking lots
They’re dark, desolate, and frequently dirty—it can be hard to think of underground parking garages as anything other than concrete wastelands. But what if these cramped, neglected spaces were actually untapped jewels of real estate?
Salt Lake City looks to redo its parking requirements
Salt Lake City is proposing new parking requirements for many neighborhoods throughout town. That means more parking for some, less parking for others.
A 5,000-space parking ramp coming to MSP in 2020. A hotel opens next summer.
It’s a couple of years in the offing, but parking at the often-congested Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport should improve with the opening of a new 5,000-space ramp in 2020. The Metropolit…
Residential parking costs and car ownership: Implications for parking policy and automated vehicles
Residents are often offered on-street parking at a fraction of the market price which may cause excess car ownership. However, residential parking cos…
Mean streets: Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park
If you think traffic in city centers is bad now, just wait until self-driving cars emerge on the scene, cruising around to avoid paying hefty downtown parking fees.
What if parking garages could have a second life? Design firms like UltraBarrio and Gensler bet on it
Parking garages run rampant, especially in Los Angeles. According to Gensler's co-CEO Andy Cohen there are 500 million parking spaces in the United States. “Think about all that real estate, all that attention to parking, that could be revitalized and reused for the future of our cities.”...
Work, park, live: Inside Cincinnati’s parking garage turned lifestyle
It doesn’t look like much from the outside. But as they say, you can’t always judge a book by its cover. And more interesting design flashes take over inside The Summit, A Dolce Hotel, featuring a
Living in a parking garage? These unique Wichita lofts are the first of their kind
The Broadway Autopark, a 44-unit residential complex, opened on April 1. The apartments were built into the former Knightley's Parking Garage at 303 S. Broadway in downtown Wichita. The parking garage has been converted into apartments.
These future-proof parking garages can easily morph into offices or housing
Parking takes up an extraordinary amount of space in cities. These projects are making it easier to convert it to something more useful than car storage.
Rio de Janeiro Joins Other Latin American City Leaders in Parking Reform
In the beginning of 2019, the City of Rio de Janeiro approved new building codes to restrict off-street parking and promote non-motorized transport by removing parking minimums, making Rio the first Brazilian city to pass parking legislation. This ruling comes after years of advocacy by ITDP Brazil, such as the 2017 study on Rio de […]