Parking
Comparing the Price of Parking Across U.S. Cities
This article was cross-posted from City Observatory.
October 20, 2016
White House: Make Cities Affordable By Building for Walkability, Not Parking
The Obama administration is taking on the crisis of rising rents in American cities, releasing a series of recommendations today to spur the construction of more affordable housing. Among the many ideas the White House endorses: allowing more multi-family housing near transit and getting rid of parking minimums.
September 26, 2016
Highlights From Park(ing) Day Around the Globe
Today is Park(ing) Day -- a day to demonstrate how scarce street space can do so much more than store parked cars. Around the world, people are setting up camp in parking spots and turning them into public spaces.
September 16, 2016
Carless Renters Forced to Pay $440 Million a Year for Parking They Don’t Use
Many residents of American cities can't escape the high cost of parking, even if they don't own cars. Thanks to policies like mandatory parking requirements and the practice of "bundling" parking with housing, carless renters pay $440 million each year for parking they don't use, according to a new study by C.J. Gabbe and Gregory Pierce in the journal Housing Policy Debate.
August 19, 2016
Oslo Gradually Removing Parking From Central City as It Phases Out Cars
Another European city is setting its sights on ridding the urban core of cars.
August 12, 2016
Park & Rides Lose Money and Waste Land — But Agencies Keep Building Them
Transit agencies shell out big bucks to build and operate parking facilities. But how much do we really know about what they get for their money?
July 5, 2016
Americans Can’t Afford the High Cost of Parking Requirements
Building a single parking spot can easily cost more than many Americans' life savings. In the latest issue of Access Magazine, retired UCLA economist Donald Shoup brings this point home to illustrate the huge financial burden imposed by minimum parking requirements, especially for poor households.
June 6, 2016
A Sunday Afternoon in the Land of Parking Craters
Ah, a relaxing day at the park -- in modern America.
March 11, 2016
Social Engineering! Cities That Build More Parking Get More Traffic
Build parking spaces and they will come -- in cars. New research presented this week at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board finds a direct, causal relationship between the amount of parking in cities and car commuting rates.
January 13, 2016
New Philly Mayor: Politicos Can No Longer Park on the City Hall Sidewalk
The Jim Kenney administration is off to a promising start in Philadelphia. One of the mayor's first acts in office was to end the thoroughly obnoxious practice of letting government honchos park on the sidewalk "apron" around City Hall -- a public space.
January 7, 2016