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Parking Reform After Coronavirus

Obviously, in the middle of this crisis, with lockdowns in place and ICU beds filling up, parking policy (like most things) isn’t important. We have much bigger fish to fry: maintaining a functioning health care system and supporting millions of people thrown off the payrolls are at the top of the list. But we will […]

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Parking Reform News

Welcome to the Parking Reform Reform News where we will periodically inform you on the latest happenings in parking reform around the globe. First up, San Francisco’s Mayor London Breed supports extending the city’s metered parking hours to include evenings and Sundays. Many cities turn off meters long before the demand ebbs, mostly for political

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Two stickers in the style of Uncle Sam recruitment poster by James Montgomery Flagg. Likeness of Donald Shoup replaces Uncle Sam with text saying I want you to join the parking reform network. One sticker says Founding Member in the upper left hand corner.

Become a founding member of the Parking Reform Network

When you join PRN as a Founding Member, you will join other members in building a movement to advocate for parking reform around the country. Your dues will help cover organizational basics and allow us to develop materials and research for our programs. Members have access to our organization’s Slack chat, our mailing list, and

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Introducing the Parking Reform Network

Almost 10 years ago I read a blog post about a book called The High Cost of Free Parking. It wasn’t available at the local library so I asked my wife, who was working at the university, to see if she could get it. I soon had a copy from Oregon State University via inter

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