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image shows how undeground parking imposes a disproportionate cost on midrise housing developments relative to lower density housing.

Missing Middle Housing and the Parking Problem

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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.

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What Barriers Stand in the Way of Good Parking Reform?

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An overreliance on intuitive reasoning and a determination to maintain outdated parking policies have birthed a perfect storm of political inertia capable of taking the wind out of parking reform’s proverbial sails. A recent proposal to abolish minimum parking mandates in the city of SeaTac was unfortunately caught up in this political inertia, hampering the odds of successful reform. The case study in SeaTac makes it clear just how paramount it is for our message to reach the public in order to ensure people are equipped to successfully advocate for parking reform in their own cities.

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Mapped By Angel York Welcome to May! We’ll start this week’s news with a series of posts featuring our members. Paul Barter’s latest episode of the Reinventing Parking podcast is about his fantastic Parking Reform Atlas. Will the EV Revolution Kill the Parking Reform Movement? featuring quotes from PRN President Tony Jordan. Bend City Council

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The Parking Reform Network held a fantastic event for our members on April 21st. You can watch the recording and hear about the parking reform efforts of 30 PRN members, just a fraction of the great work we know is happening. The featured speakers start their short talks about 25 minutes into the video. Enjoy!

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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.”

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