Parking
Streetsblog California
How Green Is My Free Parking Structure? Not Very.
Why does the National Renewable Energy Lab give its employees free parking?
July 21, 2017
It’s Official: Mexico City Eliminates Mandatory Parking Minimums
The largest city in North America has done away with one of the biggest hidden subsidies for driving: minimum parking requirements. The new regulations will make housing more affordable, transit more convenient, and streets less congested.
July 20, 2017
Parking Reform Has Big Implications for Sustainable Transit — and for Ride-Hailing, Too
Cities have traditionally eliminated parking requirements to encourage walking, bicycling, and transit. But it can also aid the rise of on-demand car services, two top parking policy experts say.
June 16, 2017
L.A. City Council Takes Step To End Destructive Parkway Parking
The L.A. City Council is taking steps to end the destructive and unsafe practice of cars parking on city parkways.
May 24, 2017
Tidbits From L.A. Parking Policy Reform Conference
The Council of Infill Builders hosted a half-day conference on reforming parking policy can make L.A. a better place
May 17, 2017
Interview with Frank Ching, Metro’s Director of Parking Management
As Metro expands paid parking, Metro Parking chief Frank Chin talks Expo Station Parking, spillover, automation, ridership and more.
April 25, 2017
Parkway Parking Really Bugs Me — Let’s Fix It
Letting cars take over sidewalks degrades neighborhoods, and take space away from have-nots to give it to haves.
April 13, 2017
Mexico City May Abolish Its Parking Minimums
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera is pursuing a sweeping overhaul of the city's parking policy that's expected to do away with minimum parking requirements and generate revenue for transit and affordable housing. If enacted, the reforms could set an important precedent for cities in North and South America.
April 13, 2017
Denver Is Your 2017 Parking Madness Champ!
Denver's monster parking crater is a classic of wasted urban potential: a huge swathe of land close to downtown, served by three light rail stations, and overwhelmed by massive parking lots for sports stadiums that barely get used much of the year.
April 12, 2017
Charging for Parking at L.A. Metro Is Good for Equity and Environment
Metro's surveys show that 41 percent of Metro rail riders live in poverty, while only one percent of Metro rail park-and-ride users do. When Metro subsidizes parking for its better-off riders, it does so at the expense of other projects or programs.
April 12, 2017
