America’s fourth largest city is getting a concerted push for parking reform! A group of seasoned advocates for a safe and productive Houston, Texas, have united to form the Houston Parking Reform Coalition. They’re hoping to achieve a citywide rollback of costly mandatory parking minimums, similar to those passed in Austin in 2023 and
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Getting your city or state/province to reform its parking policies requires playing the long game. Most successful advocacy campaigns are years, not months, in the making. And for 95% of that time, there is no public hearing to rally the troops or prepare testimony for. Most of the work of building power and momentum happens
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Parking reform in a big city is never a single dramatic moment; it’s a long campaign fought on multiple fronts. Ottawa just proved that it’s worth the fight. Here’s how Canada’s capital abolished parking mandates, from a 2015 viral video to a unanimous council vote abolishing parking mandates in 2026.
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The idea is simple: showcase that even on the busiest shopping day of the year, plenty of parking spaces remain unused, supposedly when demand is at its peak.
Black Friday Parking: What Is It, and How to Get Involved? Read More »
Getting kicked off the street by parking cops for inconveniencing cars was the most powerful lesson we could have received. It perfectly illustrated the entire point of the event.
How We Organized Ottawa’s First Parking Day (And Got Kicked Off The Street) Read More »
