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.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about 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.
Will Philadelphia Go Backward on Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability?
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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.
Is Pricey Downtown Parking Really a “A Drag on Downtown Retail and Tourism?”
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High parking prices actually help merchants by encouraging turnover and increasing the supply of available spaces.
This Nearly-Empty Indianapolis Parking Garage Is an Epic Waste of Public Money
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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.
Downtown Hartford Marries Parking Meter Reform With Car-Free Streets
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Pratt Street is a narrow, one-way block-long street in the heart of downtown Hartford, Connecticut, lined with red brick pavers and historic storefronts. It's also the latest street in the United States to go car-free, at least some of the time, as part of the city's first agreement to spend parking meter revenue on local streetscape improvements.
The Backlash Against the Marshall Bike Lanes Serves as a Cautionary Tale for Planners
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As the city strives to build more protected bikeways, this unfortunate episode underscores the need for CDOT to earn community buy-ins before construction and do extensive outreach afterward.
Tesla’s Parking Problem Says a Lot About Elon Musk’s Brand of Tech Saviorism
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It's fitting that the Palo Alto headquarters for Elon Musk's flagship company, Tesla, has an epic logistical problem caused by the spatial inefficiency of its core product.
The New Park at Wrigley Takes Space Away from Cars and Gives It to People
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The surface parking lot on the west side of the stadium has been transformed into the Park at Wrigley, a plaza and lawn that will function as public space for all Chicagoans when there aren’t events at the stadium.
Metra Will Build 68 Parking Spaces at Grayland Stop for About $17K a Pop
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When you think about appropriate uses for federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement dollars, pouring asphalt to make more room for warehousing automobiles is not the first thing that comes to mind.