Too Much Parking Makes Neighborhoods Less Equitable, but eTOD Can Help
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While excessive parking can jack up housing costs, affordable TOD can reduce transportation expenses for low-income and working-class residents.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about parking
Lipstick on a Pig: An Arty “Kinetic” Facade Won’t Redeem a Too-Large Garage
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Even with an interesting aesthetic treatment, a garage that will bring hundreds of cars to an already traffic-choked neighborhood will be a blight on the community.
Will Philadelphia Reverse Its Progress on Parking Requirements?
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Lower parking requirements have encouraged construction of housing instead of car storage, but the reforms still face political resistance.
How Boston Used Meter Prices to Fix Parking Dysfunction
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Adjusting meter prices increased the availability of spaces while reducing illegal parking.
Fulton Market Proposal Will Add 1,062 Car Parking Spaces to the Traffic-Choked West Loop
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The plan includes way too much parking for this transit-friendly, walkable neighborhood.
The Boystown Parking Ban Raises Issues of Race and Class
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Banning cars from the LGBTQ nightlife strip is fine. Discouraging people of color and lower-income residents from hanging out in the neighborhood is not.
How Parking Mandates Tilt the Market Toward “Luxury” Housing
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After Minneapolis slashed parking requirements, developers started to produce more affordable mid-rise apartment buildings instead of luxury high-rises.
How to Create More Play Space and Less Parking at City Schools
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Instead of paving over schoolyards, D.C. may just issue special street-parking permits to teachers near urban schools.
Spokane May Give Builders a Push to Fix Downtown Parking Craters
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City leaders have proposed a tax break for new construction on downtown surface parking lots.
How Shared Parking Can Reduce Housing Costs and Cut Traffic
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To reduce the amount of parking in new construction, Seattle is looking to make more efficient use of existing parking.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Doesn’t Have the Courage to Manage the City’s Parking
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Walsh seems to have reached a conclusion without fairly assessing the program and trying to make it work.
Eyes on the Street: PARK(ing) Day Celebration Takes over 3 Car Spots in Jefferson Park
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Today a neighborhood organization in the Jefferson Park neighborhood is highlighting the fact that public space used for storing cars can also be put to more productive uses.