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This Parking Bill Could Help Solve the Housing Crisis
Washington state just passed a package of reforms that could juice housing production and get landlords to give non-drivers a break on their rent. But will other states go even further?
April 29, 2025
Why Legislatures Across the US Are Challenging Parking Mandates More Than Ever Before
Parking reform is gaining momentum across the U.S. Here are a few recent victories.
July 27, 2023
Is Your City a Great Place to Raise Kids? Could It Be?
Jennifer Langston of the Sightline Institute in Seattle has so far published eight articles in a series called Family-Friendly Cities. She shows that while Seattle has a lower share of the population under age 15 than the rest of the state of Washington, that gap is closing. The number of kids in Seattle is growing far faster than in the rest of the state.
August 20, 2014
Spot-Less: Why Parking Quotas Could Wither Away
This post is the 17th and final post in the series: Parking? Lots! Alan Durning is the executive director of the Sightline Institute.
October 22, 2013
Parking Break: What Cities Gain When They Lose Parking Quotas
This is the season climax, the culmination, the big reveal.
October 16, 2013
There’s a (Parking) Place for Us
This post is #14 in the Sightline series, Parking? Lots! Alan Durning is the executive director of Sightline.
September 27, 2013
Alan Durning on Reasons to Be Optimistic About Parking Reform
We hope you enjoyed part one of our Q&A with Alan Durning, which we published yesterday. Durning is publishing a series of articles on his blog at the Sightline Institute -- where he serves as executive director -- about the ways that underpriced parking drives up rents, eats up space, and makes no sense.
September 18, 2013
Alan Durning on the “Ruinous, Vicious Circle” of Underpriced Parking
Many people have been inspired by UCLA Professor Donald Shoup’s epic takedown of American parking policy, but few have turned that newfound passion into the kind of scholarship Alan Durning has produced on the issue. The executive director of the Pacific Northwest’s sustainability think tank, Sightline Institute, has now published 12 installments in a series called “Parking? Lots!” -- and there's more coming.
September 17, 2013
Apartment Blockers
Alan Durning is the executive director and founder of Sightline Institute, a think tank on sustainability issues in the Pacific Northwest. This article, originally posted on Sightline's blog, is #9 in their series, "Parking? Lots!"
September 16, 2013