parking reform

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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Meet Alaena Young, PRN’s Executive Administrative Assistant

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I will be serving as administrative support for Tony and the PRN staff, in order to help keep everything running smoothly and, more importantly, to allow you all more time to focus on your primary passions, functions and allow you each to make an even larger impact than before I arrived.  

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6 Great Books for Parking Reformers in 2024

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We’ve compiled a list of six must-read books that will engage you with the diverse audiences and the intersecting issues that touch all aspects of parking reform.

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Parking Reformer Spotlight: Spokane, WA City Councilor Zack Zappone

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In Spokane, we didn’t eliminate parking mandates all at once but incrementally over different policy proposals over a couple of years. We went about this in a bipartisan way by building a coalition around common goals such as reducing the price of housing. Our efforts included a diverse range of housing interest groups including housing builders and low-income housing groups who are often pitted against each other but were able to find common ground on this policy change.

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