Parking
Streetsblog California
Op-Ed: Parking Reform Is California’s Most Important Climate Bill
Governor Newsom should sign A.B. 2097
September 7, 2022
Commentary: Don’t Forget About Illegal Parking on Corners
Sidewalk parking is a problem, but keeping the corners clear of scofflaw parkers could be key to lowering the crash rate
August 26, 2022
Op-Ed: Why California Should Ban Parking Minimums
In most California cities, whenever developers construct a new building, local governments force them to provide a certain amount of parking as well. These rules - minimum parking requirements - are bad for the state, and they get in the way of meeting housing, transportation, and climate goals by making it harder and more expensive to build housing. They also increase driving, air pollution, and carbon emissions.
August 3, 2022
Air Board Seeks Comments on Climate Scoping Plan; Shoup Urges a Look at Parking
Enforcing existing parking subsidy law is one simple, overlooked strategy that could help reduce fossil fuel use, says Professor Donald Shoup
June 2, 2022
Legislating at the Intersection of Transportation and Housing Policy
A.B. 2097 and A.B. 1778 illustrate that a powerful approach to addressing the overlapping problems of affordable housing and sustainable transportation can be to solve both at once.
May 31, 2022
Safety vs. Parking on Grand Street in Alameda
"A bike network is only as good as its weakest link, and this is the weakest link for trying to move north-south."
May 26, 2022
Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies
At $120,000 per space, using luxury parking to subsidize affordable housing undermines planning for compact development centered on green mobility. It’s tantamount to gentrification by parking.
May 20, 2022
Steal This Idea: Canadian City Passes Next-Gen Parking Reform
As in many North American cities, community leaders had vowed to address the climate crisis through policy action — but that didn't mean everyone recognized how forcing developers to build car storage was setting back that goal, or the city's other priorities.
May 9, 2022
SPUR Talk: Time for a Parking Intervention?
There are about two parking spots for every resident of the Bay Area, or 2.4 for every car.
March 1, 2022
Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums
Was 2021 the year that U.S. planners finally lost faith in minimum parking requirements? It certainly seems so.
February 1, 2022
