The measure prohibits cities and counties from imposing minimum parking requirements on...

New research draws a direct line between parking spots and the number of cars owned among affordable housing residents in San Francisco.

Dr Timothy F Welch explains how digging deep to address our massive car addiction might yet save local businesses.

San Francisco's MTA boss Jeff Tumlin is one of a new breed of planner trying to kick cars out of the city. That's good for business, good for people, and amazing for the planet.

It's time to upzone side streets.

After eliminating downtown parking requirements ten years ago, the city will now end minimum parking mandates citywide.

For the first time, a major Canadian city won’t require space for cars on any property.

A new analysis finds that streets take up about 18% of urban space in major U.S. counties. That’s $959 billion worth of land.

Back when COVID-19 ravaged New York City and turned the city’s transportation needs upside down, significant portions of the road...

California and many local governments are scrapping requirements that once made cars the center of the urban landscape.

Want cheaper housing and more walkable communities? Make parking optional in new developments

San Francisco officials decided the fate of the city’s main civic spine Tuesday, when...

New research draws a direct line between parking spots and the number of cars owned among affordable housing residents in San Francisco.

For the first time, a major Canadian city won’t require space for cars on any property.

What if every seat at major sporting events came with free bus, train, and subway tickets? It’s called “transit validation,” and it can reduce traffic, pollution, and costs.

To fight climate change and the California's housing affordability crisis, Gov. Newsom signed a bill that will bar cities from setting minimum parking requirements near transit stops.

There is no herd immunity from the damage caused by millions of personal automobiles roaming city streets at all hours.

Climate change is forcing cities to curb parking to bring down emissions and create more affordable housing.

New empirical research shows how luxury apartments push down rents for everyone.

One radical idea to solve America’s housing crisis.

Parking lots amplify high temperatures. Why are we still requiring them to be larger than they need to be?

There is no herd immunity from the damage caused by millions of personal automobiles roaming city streets at all hours.

The program deployed electric cargo bikes in a small Seattle neighborhood to test the effectiveness of replacing delivery trucks with lighter vehicles in the last mile of delivery.

As the need to reduce carbon emissions from cities becomes ever more clear, London sets itself on a path to ban cars from half the streets in its city center.

The reform sets a new standard: up to four homes on almost any lot, or up to six homes for price-regulated projects.

The change passed 13-0.

AOC is insisting that her endorsees commit to ending single-family zoning. She should require them to discourage car use, too.

It seems like a boon. But it's a menace.

New research draws a direct line between parking spots and the number of cars owned among affordable housing residents in San Francisco.

The Violet Crown City voted to make the change months ago — but now that a revision of the city's byzantine zoning code is finally done, the law will actually go into effect.

Free parking seems to be part of the normal order of our streets, like traffic lights and crosswalks. Although metering often exists near retail and during busy times, experts estimate that approxi…

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

People are paying for car parking spaces and then inviting others to join them working outside.

San Francisco legalizes itself.

Even as Texas begins to open up, families and friends still face the need to maintain social distancing and many are champing at the bit to escape quarantine. ...

The People Over Parking Act would allow business owners and developers decide how much parking to offer

In an interview, the guru of progressive parking policy reflects on his decades of research and writing, which transformed how cities look at the curb.

A new motion by a Vancouver city councillor calls for the consideration of the abolition of parking minimums in newly constructed buildings.

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

An excerpt from the latest book on zoning argues for four approaches to reform that can immediately improve land use regulation in the United States.

They got a key city board to recommend re-legalizing small duplexes, triplexes and affordability incentives on almost any lot.

Retailers often resist bike lanes and other street changes that reduce the number of nearby parking spaces. But research shows that fewer cars are often good for business.

When asked about what cities like Winnipeg get wrong about parking, Donald Shoup is frank — “most things.” Shoup is a professor of urban planning at the University of California, Los...

Excessive parking rules put cars before people—hiking home prices and pollution.

Why we need to encourage paid car and bike slots in our cities

Cities are loosening rules on building parking spots with new buildings: ‘It’s about the climate, it’s about walkability’

As many cities grapple with the housing crisis, some places are rewriting regulations and finding creative ways to repurpose these hulking masses of concrete that suck up valuable real estate.

The move aims to streamline the development process.

Minneapolis is removing parking minimums and reducing parking maximums to make the city more walkable.

New research shows that reducing wasteful use of street space and eliminating overly wide streets would increase opportunities for housing development and higher density.

Ann Arbor, Michigan approved changes to the city’s Unified Development Code (UDC) earlier this week that eliminate off-street parking requirements for a variety of development types throughout the...

Street parking takes up space and incentivizes driving. New curb management companies are trying to help cities better use this space

In nearly every neighborhood, cars have been shooed away for lounging and dining. Good riddance.

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman voiced her support Tuesday for a state Assembly bill that would stop local governments from imposing or enforcing minimum parking requirements on developm…

If minimum parking requirements didn’t exist, and someone proposed them today, they would rightly be written off as crazy.

California was a pioneer in minimum parking mandates, which drive up housing costs and climate emissions. Now the state is ready to lead the nation in reclaiming our cities from parking lots.

WASHINGTON—In an effort to help ease the economic burden of the coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed a new bill Wednesday that approved $3 trillion in funding for a 35-mile overpass capable of...

Mayor Adams today announced the historic end to one of the city’s most antiquated — and despised — zoning laws requiring the construction of parking with every new development.

The California city is the largest in the country to abolish parking requirements, joining a bevy of other localities that are shifting to less car-oriented development.

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When you zip into a space and don’t pay for it, somebody is still footing the bill. It’s not just somebody else – it’s you. You’re paying for the traffic jams and pollution you’re getting stuck with.

As of 2021, drivers will no longer be able to park on the pavement in Scotland.

Minnesota Democrats will introduce legislation to ban city-imposed parking mandates statewide during the 2024 legislative session.  If passed, municipal governments would not be allowed to require...

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The change passed 13-0.

Anchorage is the latest city to enact sweeping parking reforms, in another blow to the car-centric status quo of planning.

Parking lots amplify high temperatures. Why are we still requiring them to be larger than they need to be?

Why we need to encourage paid car and bike slots in our cities

As we start the new year, let's take a look back at how everyone knew the automobile was a menace, yet somehow let it take over anyway.

Schemes to reclaim city streets for pedestrians are flourishing during the Covid-19 pandemic