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Parking Reform News

June 21, 2021 By Tony Jordan Leave a Comment

Two weeks worth of news in this post! Enjoy!

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Philadelphia KOs Parking Tax Cut

Great news from the City of Brotherly Love. A proposed parking tax cut has been abandoned after a great opposition campaign lead by local reformers.

Three Great Opinions

  • PRN member Ike Brannon Says D.C.’s cheap parking permits are the Achilles’ heel of the Comprehensive Plan
  • Claudia Hanson Thiem: Boulder, CO’s Long-awaited parking reforms fall short
  • Austin Wu: What if Iowa City devoted less space to parking cars, more for housing people?

Parking Meters & Performance Pricing

  • Gas-powered sports cars, SUVs face higher street parking fees under Vancouver’s anti-pollution proposal
  • Cycling advocate (and PRN member) believes downtown Penticton, BC paid parking has its purpose and its benefits
  • Penticton, BC downtown pay parking evolving after feedback
  • Naples, FL confirms results of less visitor parking on the beach
  • Parking rates in Wilkes-Barre, PA are going to be reduced: “We’re changing it back to $1 an hour. If we get 80 percent utilization is much better than 30 percent utilization at $2 an hour,” said Mayor George Brown.
  • Milwaukee takes serious hit in parking revenue during pandemic
  • Record Year Expected For Myrtle Beach Parking Revenue

Costly Parking Mandates

  • Death by parking: How minimum parking requirements are a drag on Dallas
  • PRN member Nathaniel Barrett’s latest twitter thread on Dallas reforms.
  • AB 1401 Ensures CA’s Investments in Housing and Transit Go Further
  • Getting Started: Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are considering parking reform
  • San Diego Parking Reforms Work for Climate and Small Biz
  • Would you trade less parking for lower housing costs? California plan seeks to do just that
  • What Happened When Buffalo Changed Its Parking Rules

Street Eats and Open Streets

  • Who Gets the Streets Now? by PRN member Henry Grabar
  • Most readers would give up parking in Boston. Here’s why.
  • How New York, London and Paris Can Become ‘Car-Free Megacities’
  • Miami programs target uses of curb space other than parking
  • Rome’s Pandemic Recovery Sparks a Fight Between Cafes and Cars
  • Copenhagen removes parking spaces in city centre trial

Cities Building More Parking Garages

  • Bozeman plans to address downtown parking, transportation issues
  • Jefferson City, MO parking talks continue
  • City Abruptly Closes Downtown Rochester Parking Ramp
  • Vancouver, BC It’s a Green City — Except for All the Parking
  • Funding for Wynn Hospital Parking Garage Called into Question
  • Jersey City Adopts Plan to Bring Mixed-Use Parking Facility to Central Avenue

Odds and Ends

  • Cornwall parking space sells for record-breaking sum as G7 summit lures buyers
  • Paying a premium for parking in Bullhead City, AZ
  • It’s City vs. Delivery Vans, and the Vans Are Winning
  • Why data sharing and parking enforcement are key to the EV revolution

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