Defending Progress: How Bridgeport Protected Its Parking Reforms

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Against steep odds, Bridgeport just scored a major win for parking reform. They defeated a push to reinstate costly parking mandates by a single vote. This victory preserves the city’s 2021 reforms, which have already unlocked stalled housing projects and revitalized vacant lots. But the fight wasn’t easy: Facing backlash over one parking-free development, opponents nearly rolled back progress until a coalition of developers, housing advocates, and transit riders rallied to defend the policy. Here’s how they did it, and why it matters far beyond Connecticut.

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Redeveloping Excess Parking: An Incremental Approach in a Texas Suburb

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In Duncanville, Texas, developer Monte Anderson saw potential in the Wheatland Plaza strip mall and is now transforming it into 16 affordable townhomes. His project, a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, demonstrates how underused land can be repurposed to benefit communities. It turns out that small-scale, incremental development can actually have a big impact.

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A parking lot video game? Meet Hilko Janssen, creator of Car Park Capital

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In this interview, Hilko Janssen discusses how living in the Netherlands shaped his vision for the game, why he cloaked sharp critique in bright, cheerful visuals, and how Car Park Capital turns parking-lot dystopia into strangely compelling gameplay.

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Mapping the “Parking Tax” on New Housing

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Parking mandates impose a hidden “tax” on new housing, driving up costs and limiting affordability. A new analysis by MapCraft reveals how parking mandates widen the gap between construction costs and what median-income households can afford. Even reducing parking requirements from two stalls per unit to zero can slash needed subsidies by hundreds of dollars, freeing up funds to build more homes. Dive into the data to see how parking reform could unlock affordable housing in your city.

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Washington’s Groundbreaking Parking Reform: The Details

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Washington state recently enacted one of the most ambitious parking reforms with bipartisan supermajorities. SB 5184 caps parking mandates for housing, and eliminates them entirely for small businesses. Unlike other states, this victory isn’t tied to transit proximity, proving parking reform works in all communities. A coalition of 56+ groups, from unions to environmentalists, pushed it through with stories of how mandates inflate costs and stifle opportunity.

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