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Parking Reform News

April 19, 2021 By Tony Jordan Leave a Comment

Mapped By Angel York

Parking Reform Network’s Year-in-Review Event

Coming up is our members-only event on April 21st at 5PM Pacific. Be there! Parking Reform Network members are doing great work and you’ll hear all about it if, but you must RSVP to attend. Our speakers will include Sara Bronin from DesegregateCT, Courtney Cobbs from Streetsblog Chicago & Better Streets Chicago, Lori Droste from Berkeley, CA, and Evan Manvel from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Andreea Udrea from Dallas, TX, and Martha Roskowski author of the report Ideas to Accelerate Parking Reform in the United States. If you’ve been putting off becoming a member, now’s the time.

Minimum Car Parking Requirements

  • It’s time for another twitter thread covering Dallas, TX’s Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee‘s work on parking, from PRN member Nathaniel Barrett.
  • Here’s another twitter thread covering a report from St. Paul, MN in support of ending minimum parking mandates.
  • California’s AB 1401, which would prohibit cities from requiring car parking in housing near transit, has passed it’s first committee!
  • Donald Shoup said the comments on this post about his letter in support of AB 1401 “confirm [his] claim that most thinking about parking occurs in the reptilian cortex.”
  • Denver affordable housing advocate, Rev. Laura Rossbert asks: What do parking requirements have to do with affordable housing?
  • Here’s a report cited in the last link detailing the relationship between Parking & Affordable Housing.
  • Op-Ed from Bend, Oregon: As Bend Transitions to a City, Be Ready to Talk More about the “Big P”

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Seattle, WA Mayor Durkan revisits push to move parking enforcement from police to Seattle Dept. of Transportation.
  • How restrictive zoning shut the middle class out of Greenwich, CT

Parking 101

  • PRN member, Paul Barter presented a “Masterclass” for Practical Cities in India: Has Parking Ruined Your City
  • Henry Graber, journalist with Slate, author of an upcoming book on parking, and PRN member was on the Sprocket Podcast this week. [no transcript]

Autonomous Vehicles

  • This promotional page from JD Power breaks down the types of parking assist available in vehicles today.

Curb Management

  • Is this the year European cities start banning cars?
  • Managing the Urban Curb Will Require Good Data, Innovation

City News

  • Edinburgh, Scotland City Council deny union claims of blocking increase to hospital parking
  • Colchester, England parking: Drivers offered cheaper parking for car parks outside the town centre in new scheme
  • Multimodal-friendly Shoal Creek residences in the works in Austin, TX
  • Yang, Adams tangle over parking placards in NYC Mayor’s race.
  • Mayor: Compromise reached with DCR over Revere Beach, MA parking meters
  • Portage La Prairie, Canada is working to fine tune its parking strategy
  • Sioux Falls, ND City Council drills parking department on advisory boards, transparency of parking lot sales
  • Opinions differ on changes to Emerald Isle, NC beach parking
  • Casper, WY Steering Toward $250 Rv Parking Fees, Pilot ‘Parking On The Parkway’ Program
  • Downtown Dover, DE might be getting parking meters. One business owner is trying to stop that from happening

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Parking Reform News

April 12, 2021 By Tony Jordan Leave a Comment

Mapped by Angel York

Parking Reform Network Year-in-Review

We announced part of our line up of speakers for a members-only event on April 21st at 5PM Pacific. Parking Reform Network members are doing great work and you’ll hear all about it if, but you must RSVP to attend. Our speakers will include Sara Bronin from DesegregateCT, Courtney Cobbs from Streetsblog Chicago & Better Streets Chicago, Lori Droste from Berkeley, CA, and Evan Manvel from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. If you’ve been putting off becoming a member, now’s the time. Members, register here.

Opinions and Commentary

  • Why we shouldn’t apply “value capture” to parking reform.
  • PRN member David Welton says: Removing parking requirements in Bend, OR is a solution, not a problem
  • Bars don’t need big parking lots. Do our cities?
  • Opinion: The price of parking decals should be lowered or eliminated at Rollins College in Orlando, FL
  • Let Inga Tell You: A solution to La Jolla, CA’s parking problem for the techno-challenged

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Potential repeal of West Hartford, CT parking ban spurs talk of housing, equity and traffic safety issues
  • The Walmart parking lot: How a symbol of capitalism became an oasis for RVers and van dwellers
  • Bill would reserve half of all Maui beach parking for residents
  • South Side revival: City eyes $9.1 million parking garage for Village on Park mall in Madison, WI

California AB 1401

Supporters of this statewide bill, which would prohibit mandatory car parking requirements within 1/2 mile of high-quality transit corridors and major transit stops, went on a major blitz this week. This is a bill to watch!

  • Bill Would Eliminate Problematic Minimum Parking Requirements
  • LA Councilwoman Nithya Raman supports end to parking mandates near public transit
  • California Mayors, City Councilors, Equity Leaders Endorse California AB 1401 to End Costly Parking Mandates
  • Fewer parking spaces for new California homes, shops? It could happen
  • Donald Shoup’s Letter in Support of AB 1401

Redevelopment and Repurposing of Parking

  • The mall is dead. Long live the mall
  • White Sox and fans would benefit from transforming parking lots into a neighborhood
  • Stonestown development faces unfamiliar S.F. housing criticism: Is it dense enough?

Revenue and Budgets

  • February paid parking nets more than $100,000 for the City of Lake Geneva, WI
  • Baltimore, MD’s budget plan braces for ‘historic lows’ in revenue with parking, hotels decimated by COVID

City News

  • Palo Alto, CA eyes another shake-up to parking policies in commercial areas
  • Parking rates at the University of Missouri are set to increase. Here’s what you need to know
  • Parking meter prices quadruple in Downtown Jacksonville, FL
  • Future of downtown parking discussed in Norfolk, NE
  • Parking request for proposals tabled in Traverse City, MI
  • Virginia Beach, VA neighborhood wants parking plan for Atlantic Park project
  • Winona, MN officials gauge parking, growth needs
  • A Drive-Thru ‘Museum’ Comes to a Tempe, AZ Parking Structure
  • Carmel, CA elected officials consider paid parking — again

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Parking Reform News

April 5, 2021 By Tony Jordan Leave a Comment

Mapped by Angel York

In case you missed it…

Our recent webinar, How We Won Parking Cashout for Washington, D.C., and How You Can Too! went really well and was very informative. You can watch the video below. Thanks so much to Cheryl Cort for joining us.

More Videos!

  • Asphalt Gold: Rethinking the Value of Parking Space | Rail~Volution 2020
  • Talk with Donald Shoup about Parking – An interview with a Brazilian activist and Don Shoup, the video comments provide a very helpful “table of contents” for the interview.

Federal-Level Parking Policy

  • The biggest parking news this week has to be the Biden Administration coming out against costly parking mandates for housing!
  • President Joe Biden wants you to lift your bans on duplexes, apartments, and car-free homes.
  • Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Jobs Plan Endorses ‘YIMBY Grants’
  • Also in federal level parking policy: House Reps introduce bill to address truck parking shortage

Opinions

  • It’s Time To Get Rid Of Parking Tickets And Change How We Manage And Monetize The Curb
  • Seattle Has the Space
  • Why We Need Embodied Carbon Benchmarks and Targets in Building Standards and Policies: An Open Letter
  • Finding success for downtown office space after COVID-19

Redevelopment

  • Redeveloping the Downtown Carpark in Auckland, New Zealand
  • How a parking lot roof was turned into an urban farm in Singapore
  • Goldenberg puts up for sale a prime Center City development site in Philadelphia, PA

Park and Rides

  • Shelving Parking Plans Would Help Keep ST3 Transit on Schedule in Seattle, WA
  • New parking lot opening Wednesday for Lancaster, PA Amtrak users

Open Streets and Seats

  • Few mayors expect to keep COVID-inspired changes to public spaces, survey finds
  • City dwellers gained more access to public spaces during the pandemic – can they keep it?
  • Richmond, VA installing ‘parklets’ to help businesses during pandemic

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Local advocacy group, professors endorse less parking in Connecticut
  • Historic Black Lexington church has to spar with city, park over permanent parking
  • They Set Aside Money for Their Commutes. Now They Can’t Get It Back.
  • Streetsblog takes on placard parking in New York City, NY [<— Angel’s pick this week. Vote in the finals now until April 8]

City News

  • The latest thread from PRN member Nathaniel Barrett on Dallas, TX’s Zoning Reforms
  • City of Austin, TX looking at ways to improve challenging parking situation on South Congress
  • Paid parking proposal in Pacific Beach, CA commercial district faces opposition
  • Universal Studios in Orlando, FL Raises Prime Parking to $50, But Is It Worth It?
  • Businesses react to paid parking returning in Great Falls, MT

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Parking Reform News

March 15, 2021 By Tony Jordan Leave a Comment

Edited by Angel York

Resources

  • ITDP published an excellent report: Ideas to Accelerate Parking Reform in the United States. The report was compiled by Parking Reform Network member, Martha Roskowski, and draws on interviews with more than 40 parking reformers and experts. This is a must read.

    Roskowski joined with PRN’s Tony Jordan, Transportation for America director Beth Osborne, and Darryl Young from the Summit Foundation to discuss this report in the latest episode of the Federal Mobility Policy Update.
  • Todd Litman published a new report on Win-Win Transportation Emission Reduction Strategies, many of which are parking related.
  • Paul Barter has released a new Parking Reform Atlas which highlights case studies of various reforms around the world, check it out!

News from PRN members

  • Andreea Udrea was featured in this D Magazine profile: She Came To Fix The Parking
  • Dallas, TX is still working on reforms and Nathaniel Barrett live-tweets the action.
  • Paul Barter has published part two of his interview with Patrick Siegman on the Reinventing Parking Podcast. This episode deals with on-street parking management in San Francisco and Ventura, CA.
  • Here’s a podcast we missed from a few months back Amazing Places: The High Cost of Free Parking featuring Todd Litman.
  • Dan Allison from Sacramento, CA presents the latest in his More Housing, Less Parking series.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • A renter with limited mobility in Revere, MA applied for an accessible parking space in front of her new home, and was denied her rights.
  • Lost and found: Finding a car parking spot in Burlington, VT just got easier

Parking Garages

  • Wes Guckert thinks Retrofitting Parking Garages Could Help With Affordable Housing Shortage
  • A Detroit, MI parking structure orphaned after its arena was demolished may see new life as a “mobility hub.”
  • While some places may be repurposing garages, the city of Melbourne, FL is pursuing a project to build a new 500+ stall garage as part of a development package for a hotel.
  • Business leaders in Sarasota, FL are also dreaming big about a new public parking structure.
  • Seattle, WA area’s Sound Transit agency is finalizing plans for transit stations which also include new parking structures.

Curb Management & Uses

  • Parking: An Underutilized Tool in the Recovery Toolbox
  • COVID is reshaping the streets of San Francisco
  • Excelsior, MN will start paid parking trial on Second and Third Streets
  • Parking to be key challenge in North Bay, CA: parklet outdoor dining becoming permanent post-pandemic
  • Why are parking stall markers being removed in Lake Geneva, WI?

City News

  • The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection granted $582,000 to halt polluting runoff from just two surface parking lots in Wilkinsburg, PA.
  • Boston, MA Planners Approved Over 11,000 New Parking Spaces in 2020
  • Most downtown Amherst, MA businesses reject idea to remove car parking as part of North Common renovation
  • Parking fees coming to two parks in Metro Vancouver, BC this spring
  • Parking permit prices are climbing for London, England owners of high-polluting cars.
  • Emerald Isle, NC board signs off on private management of beach access parking lots, new fee system

The News, Mapped

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