Special Reports
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
Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Kansas City
It's an intra-Missouri battle today in the fourth match-up of Parking Madness, Streetsblog's annual hunt for the worst parking craters in North America.
March 24, 2014
Parking Madness: Calgary vs. Jacksonville
Parking Madness has gone international. Today we welcome our first parking crater contender from outside the United States, as Canada's third largest city faces off against the home of the Gator Bowl. It's Calgary versus Jacksonville.
March 21, 2014
Parking Madness: Detroit vs. Atlanta
Yesterday, Chicago's United Center parking lots bested Denver's Court Place parking crater in the first match-up of Parking Madness 2014. Today, two heavyweights are facing off: It's the motor city versus sprawl city in a bare-knuckle brawl of car infrastructure run amok.
March 20, 2014
It’s ON! Parking Madness 2014 Kicks Off With Chicago vs. Denver
Are you ready for Parking Madness 2014, our second annual search for parking craters that have obliterated cities? You better be.
March 19, 2014
Parking Madness 2014: Send Us Your Pics of Awful Parking Craters
It's March, which can only mean one thing: Parking Madness time. Last year we asked our readers to help us crown the worst parking crater in an American city, and in that inaugural 16-entry bracket, Tulsa blew away the competition. But we know there are still plenty of other parking lots out there that make downtown look like a lunar landscape, so here comes the sequel.
March 10, 2014
St. Louis County’s David Wrone Is Our Champion Motor Mouth!
Sometimes public officials say regrettable things. But few of them display the flagrant disregard for part of their constituency that St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic spokesperson David Wrone has.
August 16, 2013
How Denver Repaired Its Epic Parking Crater
The above photo is downtown Denver in 1976.
May 13, 2013
Parking Madness Champion Tulsa Moves to Limit Surface Parking Downtown
Just last month, we were shaming Tulsa, Oklahoma, with our "Golden Crater" award for the downtown most riddled with surface parking lots. But today, we applaud the city for taking steps to reverse the plague of excess parking.
May 13, 2013