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Roger Rudick

A rendering of proposed upgrades to Grand Street in Alameda. Image: Fehr & Peers

Bicycling

Safety vs. Parking on Grand Street in Alameda

Reporter Melsmall

Melanie Curry

A rendering of 618 Octavia in Hayes Valley. Density and height are great. But cramming in so much parking sets a bad precedent. Image: SF Planning Packet

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Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies

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Steal This Idea: Canadian City Passes Next-Gen Parking Reform

Aerial image of a half-empty Walmart parking lot. (Photo from Google Earth.)

SPUR Talk: Time for a Parking Intervention?

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-siegman-412b33209">Patrick Siegman</a> is a transportation planner and economist. He is the founding principal of Siegman &amp; Associates. His work on parking reform includes leading the Downtown Berkeley Parking and Transportation Demand Management plan and the Downtown Oakland Parking Study, and serving as an advisor to San Francisco’s SFpark program. UCLA Professor Donald Shoup, the eminent parking scholar, calls him “the first Shoupista,” for his early work implementing Shoup’s ideas.

Patrick Siegman

Parking lot

Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums

Yes, Even Walmart Wants to Build Smaller Parking Lots

A bus stop in Potrero Hill. Photo: Marcel Moran

San Francisco Vows to End Parking at Transit Stops

Kea Wilson

Donald Shoup rides a bike in front of the eiffel tower; to the left, the cover of his book, The High Cost of Free Parking