Parking
Cities Must Manage Parking or Face Pollution and Inequity
Free easily-accessible parking rewards car ownership and pushes up the cost of housing, argue Rebecca Clements and Alan March.
Keeping Our Children Safe After the Parkland High School Shooting
In the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Florida, the debate has been wide-ranging, from gun safety to arming teachers. All agree students must be safe, so why not look at architecture? The NRA has some tips.
Guess Who's Disrupting the Parking and Valet Business
Ride hailing reduces the need for parking services, as well as parking spaces, and parking companies are feeling the effects. New data comes from a major U.S. parking management company based in San Diego, thanks to the Union-Tribune.
Higher Prices Created More Parking Spaces in Boston
The results of a parking pilot project are in.
Seattle Considering a Sweeping Parking Reform Package
There are a lot of ways to "right-size" parking, as the city of Seattle is showing with an ordinance under consideration by a City Council committee today.
New York Parking Pilot Favors Car Share
New York is the latest city that will prioritize shared uses when it divvies up public parking spaces.
Sidewalk Labs Launches 'Operating System' for Urban Data
The 'Coord' platform will give mobility companies a centralized place to access and use local data on parking, curb space, tolls, and the like.
Factoring Freight into Complete Streets Plans
The goods movement industry wants a seat at the table.
Curbs Have the Power to Transform Cities
Curb design and management play a huge role in other aspects of city life. Put simply, what happens on the curbside directly impacts what happens on the street, both in terms of social and business connectivity.
Do Rideshare and Goods Delivery Need Their Own Curb Space?
On some busy blocks, Uber and Lyft drivers have nowhere safe to park. Neither do parcel delivery personnel. Shared use mobility zones could address the problem.
10 Stats That Explain the World in 2017
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Pigeon Spikes…on Trees
A developer in Bristol installed pigeon spikes on trees to keep bird droppings off cars.
Winnipeg Reckons With Parking and Place
Increasing the price of parking is among the initiatives Winnipeg is pursuing in an effort to make its downtown more livable.
No More Parking Minimums in Hartford
Earlier this month, the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously on a revised zoning code that lets builders forgo parking citywide.
Eyes on the Street
The concept of "eyes on the street" is relevant to a wide variety of neighborhoods, not just the low-rise urban areas that Jane Jacobs wrote about.
Boise Residents Revolt Over Planned CVS
A huge public response shows that the booming city is defining a new future with smart growth.
How to Create More Affordable Housing in Philadelphia
Eliminating parking minimums and reforming Philadelphia's tax abatement program could do a lot in making Philadelphia affordable, Inga Saffron argues.
London Plan Takes a Bold Stand Against Parking
The new 25-tear London Plan would ban the construction of parking in large swatches of the city. It's just one component of an ambitious policy agenda presented by London Mayor Sadiq Khan this week.
Showdown in Seattle: Should Developers Forgo Parking?
A mixed-use project in Seattle's Phinney Ridge neighborhood has become a flashpoint in the ongoing debate over parking. Activists are fighting rules that let developers omit parking in areas with a certain level of transit service.
Arlington County Reduces Parking Requirements for Multi-Family Developments on Metro Corridors
In addition to reducing parking requirements to 0.2 to 0.6 spaces per unit for developments "approved by special exception," the board went a step further by requiring mitigations if developers provide more than 1.65 spaces per unit.
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This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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