Parking

The station would become the centerpiece of a walkable “downtown.”

The parking meter was first used in Oklahoma City in the 1930's. Today, meters cost two dollars an hour to park downtown. Recently, a consultant recommended the city raise that price by 50 cents. “I definitely think there are going to be people who will struggle with the change, but again the purpose of this is to create turnover with on-street parking so that you would have the opportunity to get that perfect spot more often," said Michael Scroggins from Embark.

Cities like Chicago are taking a fresh look at how they fine residents.

A traffic study commissioned by the city of Augusta indicates there is enough parking downtown but it is not being used properly.

“Everyone think this is about a money grab, and it’s not,” said Julie Dixon, whose firm is leading the process of implementing the results of a parking study done by another firm. Instead, she said, the proposed changes are about creating a “sustainable” and efficient system.

Colorado Springs has extended the time vehicles can remain in metered spaces downtown and in Old Colorado City to up to four hours after 6 p.m..

Mayor London Breed touts longer meter hours, "congestion pricing" as fixes for traffic in spite of driver ire.

In Paris, as in many European cities, the number of cars is declining, which is leaving a vast amount of underground car parks empty. With its start-up project called "La Caverne", Cycloponics is reclaiming these urban territories using them as a way of growing plenty of organic vegetables. EURACTIV France reports.

We spent the time gathering parking data across Montreal -- both on-street and off-street -- and compared it with the vacancy rates on the city’s commercial arteries.

San Francisco's SFPark trial has raised the profile of performance-based pricing for on-street parking (see a video on this at the end of t...

Waste of money. Waste of space.

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How obscure parking rules have misshaped our communities and opportunities for better options. [long] Garages and driveways are the primary entrance to this Tigard, OR apartment complex. Photo credit Brett VA. Parking rules buried in city land-use codes have surprisingly pernicious effects. Requirements that builders provide ample quotas of off-street parking spaces worsen traffic, multiply collisions, push up housing prices, dampen business profitability, amplify sprawl, and pollute both air and water. Parking rules are a surprisingly potent hidden force shaping—or misshaping—our communiti...

Last week, San Francisco and Minneapolis struck down bans on car-free housing. What that could mean for cities in Washington and Oregon.

Citizens, however, have until Feb. 22 to tell the IRS to comment---and a mobilization campaign is pushing for Congress to get involved, too.

Equitable mobility requires good transit---not giving free parking to hundreds of car-owning downtown workers in the hope that some of them might be poor.

King County Metro has become a national hero of good transit. On Tuesday, it could take the next step: letting riders pay for parking if they want to.

Portland's own analysis shows that bans on car-free homes are catastrophic for Portland households who seek affordable housing.

Parking requirements are the dark matter of the urban universe: they affect transport and land use in mysterious ways. These fun facts illustrate the costs and impacts of economically excessive

Personal website of UCLA Professor Emeritus Donald Shoup

L.A. already has 6 million parking spaces. We need more homes for people, not cars.

Driving is ruining our lives. Only drastic action will kick our dependency, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Turning from the conflict of airport expansions to a vision of a low-carbon transport system.

The Seattle Department of Transportation announced changes to parking rates last week based on its annual study of paid spaces across the city.

SpotAngels uses crowdsourced data to help find open spots, and alerts drivers to restrictions. It's partnering with Parking Authority of Baltimore City as it expands to Baltimore.