Special Reports
It’s Tulsa vs. Milwaukee in the Parking Madness Championship!
This is it -- the final, epic showdown of Parking Madness. We started with 16 reader-submitted contenders for the title of America's Worst Parking Crater, and Milwaukee and Tulsa have emerged from three rounds of voting to face off in the championship.
April 9, 2013
Final Four Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Houston
Which city has the ugliest asphalt expanse? The deadest downtown? The most awful place to sit and eat lunch? Those are the questions you must ask yourself as we approach the finale of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in the U.S.
April 8, 2013
Final Four Parking Madness Matchup: Milwaukee vs. Dallas
We're down to just four cities: Milwaukee, Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa. But only one can be the champion of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown.
April 5, 2013
“Elite Eight” Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Cleveland
This is it: our last Parking Madness match-up before the Final Four. And it's going to be a good one.
April 4, 2013
The “Elite Eight” of Parking Madness: Milwaukee vs. Columbia
So far, Texas is really dominating our Parking Madness tournament. The two Final Four spots awarded so far have gone to Lone Star heavyweights Dallas and Houston. We might have an all-Texas final.
April 3, 2013
“Elite Eight” Parking Madness: Louisville vs. Houston
NCAA basketball has nothing on the drama, the intrigue, the heartbreak of a competitive parking crater tournament. We're now into the "Elite Eight" round of Parking Madness, and today's winner will join Dallas in the Final Four. It's going to be a fierce competition between Louisville and Houston.
April 2, 2013
The “Elite Eight” of Parking Madness: Atlanta vs. Dallas
Okay, the preliminary stuff is over. It's round two of Parking Madness -- our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. By the end of this week, we'll be ready down to the Final Four. But first things first: Atlanta takes on Dallas in our first Elite Eight match-up.
April 1, 2013
Parking Madness: Minneapolis vs. Columbia, South Carolina
Today we're getting a look at the last two contestants in Streetsblog's Parking Madness bracket, the tournament that will "crown" the worst parking crater in the U.S. But don't worry. Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas, Atlanta, Louisville, Cleveland, Houston, and today's winner still need to do battle to determine the final victor. The final first round match-up is Minneapolis versus Columbia, South Carolina.
March 29, 2013
Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Houston
With Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas, Louisville, Cleveland, and Atlanta advancing to the second round of Parking Madness, there are only two spaces left in the Elite Eight of parking disasters. In this installment, we're looking at two very different cities, each of which is extremely car-centric in its own way. It's San Bernardino versus Houston.
March 28, 2013
Parking Madness: Atlanta vs Denver
In the race to the bottom that is Parking Madness, Streetsblog's Sweet 16-style tournament of terrible downtown parking craters, 10 cities have faced off so far.
March 27, 2013