How to Stop Giving Parking Developers A Free Ride
There are good reasons of efficiency and fairness for asking parking lot owners to pay more toward dealing with the costs they impose. A tax on parking could be one way to get it done.
January 18, 2021
Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites — And They’re Not Alone
Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.
December 4, 2020
It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park
Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.
September 24, 2020
Op-Ed: Why Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers
Big money “pedestrian” projects are often remedial and performative — and their real purpose is to serve faster car traffic.
September 7, 2020
Why Peak Period Road Pricing Is Fair
Peak hour car commuters in Portland have incomes almost double those who travel by transit, bike, and foot.
September 29, 2017
How Green Is My Free Parking Structure? Not Very.
Why does the National Renewable Energy Lab give its employees free parking?
July 20, 2017
Urban Myth Busting: Congestion, Idling, and Carbon Emissions
Increasing road capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will backfire.
July 6, 2017
Yet Another Flawed Congestion Report From Inrix
Do the costs of congestion outweigh the costs of building wider roads? Probably not. Despite an impressive amount of data, Inrix falls into the same old traps with its congestion report.
February 28, 2017
What the Price of Parking Shows Us About Cities
Cross-posted from City Observatory.
October 24, 2016
Comparing the Price of Parking Across U.S. Cities
This article was cross-posted from City Observatory.
October 20, 2016