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Parking Madness: Little Rock vs. Atlanta
Of all the places that have been marred by surface parking, the saddest might be city blocks served by transit, where walking should reign and driving should not be necessary. We're seeing in this year's Parking Madness tournament that there's an abundance of these places around the United States.
March 23, 2017
Parking Madness: Poughkeepsie vs. Fairfield
Two parking-saturated Metro-North station areas are facing off, one on the Hudson Line and the other on the New Haven Line -- it's Poughkeepsie vs. Fairfield.
March 23, 2017
Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Chicago
First round action continues, as the downtown parking lots by a multi-modal transit hub in the Inland Empire take on a suburban-style shopping center right next to a Chicago train station.
March 22, 2017
Parking Madness 2017 Tip-Off: St. Louis vs. Sacramento
Welcome to the first match in the first round of Streetsblog's 2017 Parking Madness tournament, our 16-city bracket highlighting the worst "parking craters" in North America. This year, we're focusing on a specific type of parking disaster: transit stations engulfed by car storage.
March 20, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Cars Parking on Koreatown Sidewalks
Sidewalk parking seems to keep getting worse. Cars parked in parkways and on wide sidewalks seem to now be part of Koreatown's new normal.
March 3, 2017
Why Do We Still Pay People to Drive to Work?
The federal government spends $7 billion annually subsidizing parking for car commuters -- almost as much as it spends annually on transit. No wonder cities are so congested. If we're going to cut traffic in major cities, parking subsidies have got to go.
March 1, 2017
BART Dublin Garage Could Violate Station Access Policy
BART's recently adopted Station Access Policy states that even at “auto-dependent” stations like Dublin, parking should only be considered only after investments are made in walking, biking, and transit infrastructure.
February 10, 2017
Telegraph Avenue Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Show Stunning Results
Oakland's Telegraph Avenue has seen an increase in people biking and walking as well as a decrease in speed, collisions, and delay along this heavily traveled corridor since reconfiguring the street with a road diet and parking-protected bike lanes. And retail establishments are reporting higher income.
January 30, 2017
City Of Lancaster Eliminates Parking Minimums For Commercial Zones
Last night, the city of Lancaster gave final approval to an ordinance deleting parking requirements for commercial zones. The staff report cites eliminating parking requirements as one step "to reverse low-density, sprawling development patterns, and the resulting fiscal liabilities." Further, "by removing this regulatory barrier, developers would have the ability to maximize land use potential and value generation, with resulting long-term benefits to the City."
December 15, 2016
Carless Renters Forced to Pay $440 Million a Year for Parking They Don’t Use
Many residents of American cities can't escape the high cost of parking, even if they don't own cars. Thanks to policies like mandatory parking requirements and the practice of "bundling" parking with housing, carless renters pay $440 million each year for parking they don't use, according to a new study by C.J. Gabbe and Gregory Pierce in the journal Housing Policy Debate.
August 19, 2016