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Study: Loosening Parking Mandates Leads to More Affordable Housing
A recent study by Michael Manville at UCLA [PDF] has been making the rounds on the Streetsblog Network. Examining areas of Los Angeles where parking regulations had been loosened, Manville found that "when parking requirements are removed, developers provide more housing and less parking, and also that developers provide different types of housing: housing in older buildings, in previously disinvested areas, and housing marketed toward non-drivers."
April 2, 2013
U.S. DOT, HHS Announce Public Health Campaign to Reduce Driving
We have some sudden, unexpected, exciting news for you today, readers. Across the Streetsblog Network today, bold, smart, truly transformative transportation reforms are being cheerfully reported with surprising regularity.
April 1, 2013
Maryland on the Verge of a Fix for Transportation Funding Woes
Maryland is one of a growing number of U.S. states that's found itself in a tough spot when it comes to transportation funding.
March 28, 2013
Parking Madness: Cleveland vs. Spokane
Another day, another parking atrocity. Eight cities have already faced off in Parking Madness, where we attempt to find the worst parking crater in an American downtown. Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas and Louisville emerged victorious in the first half of the first round.
March 27, 2013
When the State DOT Stands in the Way of Local Progress
There should be a special term for the all-too-common phenomenon of a state DOT putting the kibosh on a promising local project. DOT-blocking! (Yes, it's pronounced "dot-blocking.")
March 27, 2013
Parking Madness: Louisville vs. San Diego
This week we're really getting into the thick of our Parking Madness tournament, the hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown.
March 26, 2013
Introducing the Parking Reform Mayoral Candidate
Meet Bill Peduto, a leading mayoral candidate in Pittsburgh who is also a serious urbanist, according to our sources in Pennsylvania.
March 26, 2013
Parking Madness: Los Angeles vs. Dallas
Streetsblog's own "Sweet 16" of the worst downtown parking craters in America -- Parking Madness! -- continues today with two cities that grew up in the auto age.
March 25, 2013
A Hippocratic Oath for People Who Take Care of Cities
The city as an organism -- it's a common analogy, probably in part because it's so instructive.
March 25, 2013
In Many Markets, Rail Beats or Competes With Air Travel
It can seem like the image of Amtrak as a second-rate mode -- a "Soviet-style monopoly" -- is so firmly ingrained that it's hard to shake. Even as more people choose to ride trains.
March 22, 2013