Contests
Parking Madness Final Four: Kansas City vs. Rochester
The hunt for the worst parking crater on earth nears its epic conclusion with the second Final Four match of Parking Madness.
April 7, 2014
Parking Madness Final Four: Chicago vs. Jacksonville
We started with 16 parking craters and now we're down to the Final Four of Parking Madness.
April 4, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight: Rochester vs. Detroit
The last spot in the 2014 Parking Madness Final Four is at stake today, as Rochester faces off against Detroit.
April 3, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight: El Cerrito vs. Chicago
We're two weeks into our Parking Madness competition, and only a few parking craters are still standing.
April 2, 2014
Parking Madness “Elite Eight”: Kansas City vs. Grand Rapids
One more round, and we'll be down to the worst-of-the-worst parking craters in the Parking Madness bracket, our annual search for the worst excesses in urban surface parking.
April 1, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight Matchup: Dallas vs. Jacksonville
We're on to round two of Parking Madness, our search for the worst parking crater in North America. And I have to say, the parking craters in this match do seem to have descended to a new level of horribleness.
March 31, 2014
Parking Madness: Grand Rapids vs. Salt Lake City
The final spot in the "Elite Eight" of parking craters is riding on this match. Either Grand Rapids, Michigan, or Salt Lake City, Utah, will move on to the second round of Parking Madness, Streetsblog's annual contest for eternal parking infamy.
March 28, 2014
Parking Madness: Portland vs. El Cerrito, California
The contenders in today's Parking Madness competition prove parking craters can happen anywhere, even in progressive metro areas where the regional economy is booming and transit is a solid travel option.
March 27, 2014
Parking Madness: Rochester vs. Miami
We're seeing all sorts of parking craters as the 2014 Parking Madness tournament rolls on: pockmarked craters, endless abysses, deep caverns. Excess parking in cities takes many forms. And so we ask you to help us judge which is the worst, using the only method that can be applied consistently across all parking craters -- online polling.
March 26, 2014
Parking Madness: Newark vs. Dallas
We're halfway through the first round of the 2014 Parking Madness tournament, with Kansas City, Detroit, Chicago, and Jacksonville having advanced to the next round.
March 25, 2014