Parking
Streetsblog California
If Americans Paid for the Parking We Consume, We’d Drive 500 Billion Fewer Miles Each Year
Most parking spots might cost you nothing, but parking is never really free. We just pay for it in ways that are completely divorced from our actual consumption of parking.
July 27, 2017
L.A. Parking News: Parkway Enforcement, Smart Boot, Expo
LADOT introduces a smart boot. LA City will start ticketing cars parked on parkways. Metro will rent Expo parking spaces to non-riders.
July 27, 2017
What Mandatory Parking Requirements Cost L.A. Renters
Parking minimum requirements raise L.A. apartment rent by about $200 per month, whether a renter drives or not.
July 26, 2017
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
