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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 19, 2017
Will Philadelphia Go Backward on Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability?
In many American cities, free on-street parking remains more abundant than affordable housing. Despite the housing crunch spreading to more urban areas, the politics of parking threatens to keep it that way.
July 14, 2017
What If Atlanta Taxed Parking to Keep Housing Affordable?
A tax on parking could generate funds for affordable housing and transit in Atlanta. The question is whether the city has the political appetite to enact it.
July 3, 2017
NYC Could Do So Much More With the Space We Let Parking Consume
As part of the recently-launched Streetopia campaign, Clarence put together this short overview of how cities including Zurich, Tokyo, and Olso are removing parking to curb traffic and improve other forms of transportation. New York could learn a few things.
June 30, 2017
American Cities Are Chipping Away at the Burden of Parking Mandates
For people who live in cities with good transit, the decision to drive or take the bus or train often comes down to parking. If parking is cheap and abundant, more people will drive. And yet transit-rich cities across the United States, including NYC, continue to require parking in new developments.
June 27, 2017
Video Proof That NYC Will Do Just Fine Without All This Parking
How important is all this street parking, really? What does the city get in return for giving the vast majority of it away for free? Not much, as this video from Transportation Alternatives organizer Luke Ohlson demonstrates.
June 26, 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 15, 2017
How Long Will NYC Let Parking Mandates Stand in the Way of Affordability?
One year after Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing reforms reduced some parking requirements, momentum is building to finish the job.
May 31, 2017
This Nearly-Empty Indianapolis Parking Garage Is an Epic Waste of Public Money
Subsidized parking garages frequently turn into money-losing concrete bunkers on land better suited for something more productive than car storage. The Broad Ripple parking garage in Indianapolis, a pet project of former mayor Greg Ballard, is a spectacular example.
May 30, 2017
De Blasio Promises “Crackdown” on Parking Placard Abuse
Mayor de Blasio announced plans today to "crack down" on rampant parking placard abuse, one week after his administration granted tens of thousands of new placards to school employees.
May 24, 2017
