Parking

Closing Time

D.C. Removes Parking Spaces to Make Room for Late-Night Ride Hailing

Fewer parking spaces, more sober rides home. Sounds like a recipe for a good night out.

October 27, 2017 - CityLab

Suburban Three-Car Garage

An App to Rent Driveways

The shared economy is coming to that most sacred of private properties—the garage or driveway parking spot.

October 27, 2017 - Smart Cities Dive

One Way

The Problem With Externalities

By defining "externalities" as impacts of private conduct, economists and lawyers bias public discussion in favor of government regulation.

October 16, 2017 - Michael Lewyn

Parking Strategies for Comprehensive Plans

Parking needs to be balanced with new development that supports active modes of transportation, integrates a complete streets approach, and values a high-quality public realm. Comprehensive plans can help achieve this balance.

October 7, 2017 - PlanIt - Metropolitan Council

Main Street

Cheaper Parking Bathed in Purple in Walnut Creek

A new on-street parking regime comes with a royal purple color scheme in a ritzy suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area.

September 24, 2017 - East Bay Times

Washington D.C.

D.C. Could Offer Cash for Walking and Biking to Work

Washington, D.C. already has the highest percentage of commuters in the country walking and biking to work; a new bill aims to provide even more incentives to leave the car at home.

September 23, 2017 - Greater Greater Washington

Philadelphia Jewelers' Row

The True Cost of Parking in Philadelphia

What will people really pay for parking? This study measures the value of garages or dedicated spaces to properties on the market in Philadelphia.

September 18, 2017 - PlanPhilly

Surface Parking

Philadelphia Developer Sues Affordable Housing Project Over Parking Spaces

As Philadelphia's Breeze Point gets more expensive, a market-rate developer is claiming that an affordable housing development's surface parking lot is taking up land that could be homes.

September 17, 2017 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Parking Sign

Seattle-Area Park and Ride Costs Soar to $100,000 a Space

Charged with adding over 8,500 stalls, Sound Transit is facing rampant costs that call its park and ride strategy into question.

September 15, 2017 - The Seattle Times

Tucson, Arizona

College Campuses Prepare for a Future Without Parking

Some college campuses need more parking than others, depending on commuting rates and walkable housing supply. Some campus planners are hoping, however, that soon all universities will need a lot less parking.

September 12, 2017 - The New York Times

Judge: Keep Parking Your Cars in the Median

Parking enforcement looks the other way when residents of South Philly park in the median of Broad Street. Not even a lawsuit can change that.

September 10, 2017 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

BART Map

A Decade-Plus in the Making—Transit Village Comes to a Posh Bay Area Suburb

The city of Walnut Creek, located in the East San Francisco Bay Area, will soon gain 600 new, transit-adjacent apartments and a whole lot of parking.

September 7, 2017 - The Mercury News

Downtown Portland

Permeable Parking Surfaces and Parking Minimums

Rather than trying to make parking lots with expensive surfaces that cost to maintain, Portland should eliminate its parking minimums, according to this article.

September 1, 2017 - PDX Shoupistas

Clear-Sky Flood

Can Zoning Mitigate Flooding? Yes...And No

Houston's flooding might be mitigated by land use regulation- but not the type of regulations that most cities have.

August 30, 2017 - Michael Lewyn

Empty Parking Lot

AVs and Real Estate - A Guide to Potential Impacts

AVs are more than a transportation issue and will have significant impacts on real estate. Expect AVs to affect parking, sprawl, housing prices, and transit.

August 24, 2017 - Urbanism Next Blog - Sustainable Cities Initiative

Parking

Underwater Parking Garages: Why Not, Boston?

Underwater parking garages have been constructed in Europe, and Boston seems like the perfect opportunity to bring the idea to the United States.

August 23, 2017 - The Boston Globe

Surface Parking

The Most Effective Way to Reduce Employee Driving

The single most effective way a major employer in Seattle found to reduce solo driving was to charge employees for parking, but ruling-out monthly permits. An innovative method was adopted to charge workers on a daily basis

August 15, 2017 - The Seattle Times

Seattle

New Levels of Car Dependence Follow Seattle's Growth

By any measure, Seattle is growing at a breakneck pace. But with those new residents come cars, and all the infrastructure and land use inefficiencies they bring.

August 10, 2017 - The Seattle Times

Columbus

Downtown Columbus Workers to Get Free Transit Passes

Downtown businesses are helping fund an innovative program to get more downtown workers out of their cars and onto public transit.

August 8, 2017 - The Columbus Dispatch

Homeless Bans

California Cities Continue to Criminalize Homelessness with RV Bans

Coastal cities are taking a no-tolerance approach to RVs on their streets, even as they otherwise strive to mitigate and prevent homelessness.

August 7, 2017 - Pacific Standard

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