parking reform

Parking Reformer Spotlight: Spokane, WA City Councilor Zack Zappone

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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8 Ways that Parking Reform is Climate Action

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The Diffusion of Parking Reform in the US: How and Why Now?

My conversation with PRN President Tony Jordan last December was pivotal in addressing my master’s thesis research question: How do the factors observed in individual municipalities support and/or explain observed patterns of widespread reform adoption?

My study, which combines quantitative data and interviews with city officials and advocates, reveals the diverse motivations and challenges behind these reforms.

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A Little Something for Everyone

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Colorado’s Groundbreaking Parking Reform: The Details

They did it! In the final days of the 2024 legislative session, statewide parking reform snuck across the finish line in Colorado. HB 1304, which eliminates many residential parking mandates in the Centennial State, passed on May 6th as part of a groundbreaking slate of land-use reform laws aimed at curbing Colorado’s housing shortage and supporting transit-oriented development.

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