Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about parking

Contrary to what Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown suggested in an op-ed against adding parking meters, it is possible to go fishing at Montrose Harbor without a car. Photo: John Greenfield

Driving, er, running advocates mourn the start of metered parking at Montrose Harbor

By John Greenfield | May 20, 2021 | No Comments

Despite the backlash from those who argued that free, super-convenient parking is a social justice issue, the city installed the pay-and-display boxes, and the meters were activated this morning.

Relax, affordable housing plan by Western Brown stop would preserve almost all parking

By Courtney Cobbs | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

Developers of an affordable TOD presented their plans to Lincoln Square residents. Numerous NIMBYs oppose the presentation due to unfounded concerns about parking.

A Chicago Area Runner's Association Event at Montrose Beach. Photo: CARA

Runner’s association: Even with meters, driving to Montrose will still be cheaper than CTA

By John Greenfield | Mar 23, 2021 | No Comments

While CARA is portraying the new meters as an equity issue, driving to the beach will still be relatively cheap. The group's members simply don't want to pay for an amenity they're used to getting for free.

Efforts to restore the last Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, which offered shelter to Black women during the Great Migration, could be jeopardized by King's ordinance. Image: Google Maps

New ordinance would hinder Black museums and galleries to preserve easy parking

By John Greenfield | Mar 21, 2021 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates should add our voice to the chorus letting the City Council know that preserving African-American history and arts resources is more important than maintaining super-convenient street parking.

Rendering of the proposed development, which would squander the land on 834 parking spots.

DPD denies approval for car-centric 6 Corners Project that is “significantly overparked”

By John Greenfield | Feb 18, 2021 | No Comments

The proposal called for a staggering 834 parking spaces, with most of the land gobbled up by surface parking.

Rendering of the new Northwestern clinic.

Instead of spending millions on parking for a new clinic, why not subsidize transit use?

By Courtney Cobbs | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments

After pushback from neighbors, Northwestern is spending $7 million more to move all 350 parking spots in its new clinic underground. Could some of these car trips be replaced with transit?

The transportation plan for the venue shows acres of possible event parking (blue.)

Possibility of tons of parking at music venue in Morton plant makes some advocates salty

By John Greenfield | Jan 27, 2021 | No Comments

"A new concert venue between Elston and the river would be great, but adding acres of surface parking near the Morton Salt site would be a giant step backwards."

“The Western” TOD next to the Western Blue Line Station. The development pairs 44 residential units with only 10 parking spaces. Photo: Borna Khoshand

Parking minimums hold developers back: Examining the impact of TOD ordinances

By Borna Khoshand | Jan 26, 2021 | No Comments

Comparing the amount of parking included in projects on transit-friendly land before and after the passage of Chicago's TOD ordinances shows developers are often glad to build less parking if allowed to do so.

Plastic fantastic: Nearly completed Milwaukee plastic-curb PBLs are functioning well

By John Greenfield | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

Some business owners are grumbling about customers having to cross the street from their parking spaces, but CDOT says projects like this are the wave of the future.

A person using a wheelchair on the Lakefront Trail near Fullerton Avenue a few years ago. Photo: Michelle Stenzel

The lakefront parking ban is a barrier for disabled Chicagoans who want to access the trail

By Katie Prout | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

It appears that Chicago's current lakefront parking ban doesn't make an exception for people with disabled parking placards.

Lincolnwood may save a bike lane plan that was almost scrapped due to parking worries

By John Greenfield | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

A new proposal calls for preserving one parking lane and installing a two-way protected bike lanes on the south side of the street.

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