Parking Benefit Districts

Parking meters on Boston street.

Boston Could Introduce Parking Benefit Districts

The approach offers a way for cities to free up curb parking space while boosting revenue for local infrastructure.

November 6, 2023 - Governing

Empty Parking Lot

Parking Reform Gains Momentum

More cities and states around the country are recognizing the value of eliminating parking requirements.

March 30, 2023 - Congress For New Urbanism

Bend, Oregon

Bend City Councilmember Advocates for Parking Reform

Elected in November and already proposing bold reforms in parking policy in the city of Bend, Oregon.

February 22, 2021 - The Bulletin

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Parking Benefit Districts Around the U.S.

As Pittsburgh moves forward on a parking management program to fund neighborhood improvements, take a look at how other cities have adapted this Shoup-inspired redevelopment strategy.

May 2, 2016 - Keystone Crossroads

Parking Meters Provide a Pipeline of Cash in America's Oil Capital

The energy capital of America sees money in them thar autos - in parking them, that is. Tapping motorists for parking bears some similarity to tapping shale basins for oil - without the fracking. Sightline's Alan Durning writes about the resemblance.

October 16, 2013 - Sightline Daily

Parklets for the Suburbs?

Sustainable real estate developer, A-P Hurd asks some fundamental questions about the on-street parking in her Seattle neighborhood and concludes that residents should be able to do more than park cars with the spots in front of their homes.

October 17, 2012 - The Atlantic Cities

Solving Scarce Parking With 'Benefit Districts'

Transportation planners in San Francisco are proposing "parking benefit districts" where residents control pricing and boundaries to make parking easier in the congested city.

July 23, 2009 - San Francisco Chronicle

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