Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about parking

Rendering of the "kinetic" facade that will mask 326 car spots at 333 North Green Street. Image: Sterling Bay, design by Gensler

Lipstick on a Pig: An Arty “Kinetic” Facade Won’t Redeem a Too-Large Garage

By John Greenfield | Dec 7, 2018 | 7 Comments

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.

A bill in the City Council would roughly double residential parking requirements throughout Philadelphia, raising housing costs. Photo: PlanPhilly

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Will Philadelphia Reverse Its Progress on Parking Requirements?

By Angie Schmitt | May 17, 2018 | No Comments

Lower parking requirements have encouraged construction of housing instead of car storage, but the reforms still face political resistance.

As parking rates increased, tickets and fines for illegal parking decreased. Chart: City of Boston

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How Boston Used Meter Prices to Fix Parking Dysfunction

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2018 | No Comments

Adjusting meter prices increased the availability of spaces while reducing illegal parking.

Map of the Fulton Market area with five proposed buildings outlined. Car-heavy ones are shown in blue; the car-lite one is shown in Green. Image: Google Earth; edited by Steven Vance.

Fulton Market Proposal Will Add 1,062 Car Parking Spaces to the Traffic-Choked West Loop

By Steven Vance | Feb 9, 2018 | 12 Comments

The plan includes way too much parking for this transit-friendly, walkable neighborhood.

Halted Street in Boystown. Image: Google Street View

The Boystown Parking Ban Raises Issues of Race and Class

By Michael Podgers | Feb 2, 2018 | 19 Comments

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.

This 70-unit apartment building was built after Minneapolis relaxed its parking requirements. It still has parking, but only surface spots, not the costly underground garage that the old rules would have required. Photo: Nick Magrino

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How Parking Mandates Tilt the Market Toward “Luxury” Housing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2018 | No Comments

After Minneapolis slashed parking requirements, developers started to produce more affordable mid-rise apartment buildings instead of luxury high-rises.

Garden space outside D.C.'s J.O. Wilson Elementary School. Photo: D.C. Public Schools

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How to Create More Play Space and Less Parking at City Schools

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2018 | No Comments

Instead of paving over schoolyards, D.C. may just issue special street-parking permits to teachers near urban schools.

Can tax incentives help fill in Spokane's parking craters? Photo: Google Maps

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Spokane May Give Builders a Push to Fix Downtown Parking Craters

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 14, 2017 | No Comments

City leaders have proposed a tax break for new construction on downtown surface parking lots.

To reduce the amount of new parking construction, Seattle may let residential buildings share excess parking with people who don't live there. Photo: Lee/Flickr

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How Shared Parking Can Reduce Housing Costs and Cut Traffic

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 6, 2017 | No Comments

To reduce the amount of parking in new construction, Seattle is looking to make more efficient use of existing parking.

Garage prices in Boston are much higher than on-street parking, which makes it worth drivers' time to circle endlessly for a curbside space. Image: Parkopedia

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Doesn’t Have the Courage to Manage the City’s Parking

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 19, 2017 | No Comments

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

By Steven Vance | Sep 15, 2017 | 5 Comments

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.

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