Opponents of parking reform are often worried that removing parking mandates will lead to curbside congestion and inconvenience nearby residents and businesses. Fortunately, there are proven strategies to keep that from happening, and cities can get well ahead of the issue.
Strategies for Responding to Parking Reform Anxiety Read More ยป
Using GPS breadcrumb data from smartphones, a recent study found that cruising for parking affects nearly 10% of city traffic during peak hours. This is great news, because with better information, we can advocate more successfully for parking reform in our communities.
Federal Highway Administration Releases New Findings on Parking Cruising Read More ยป
Urban land is scarce and valuable, when cities mandate minimum parking requirements they increase the price of every other type of urban land use. Mandating parking in cities means less space for housing and less space for small businesses. This means more expensive housing and more expensive rents for businesses. The end result is a city that quickly becomes unaffordable for regular people.
Missing Middle Housing and the Parking Problem Read More ยป
My interest in parking reform started when a particular study caught my attention: five transit-oriented developments across the US were using less than half of the parking spaces they created to meet parking regulations. Instead of building much-needed housing, office buildings or retail on heavily-trafficked and super-valuable real estate, much of the space sat empty.
Are Parking Authorities Obsolete? Read More ยป
In previous posts, we talked about why adding parking doesn’t solve the “parking problem,” and why we need to use pricing to get turnover and create parking availability to actually solve the “parking problem.” One challenge commonly brought up when meters are proposed is the issue of fairness and equity. “Won’t new meters hurt poor
Fairness and Equity in Parking Reform- Part 3 Read More ยป
