Day: April 1, 2015
Basics
Parking Madness Final Four: Syracuse vs. Parkersburg
Only the ugliest, most wasteful parking craters are still in the running, as the Parking Madness Final Four winnows down to two finalists after this match. The winner will take on Camden, which narrowly defeated Fort Worth, for a chance at the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, we hope, some good awareness-raising opportunities for local advocates.
April 1, 2015
Gabe Klein on How DC Built a Smarter Parking System
Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson is working on a piece about parking policy and was recently in Washington to discuss some of that city's innovations with former District DOT chief Gabe Klein. The full Streetfilm is still a work-in-progress, but Clarence put together these clips where Klein explains the city's pay-by-phone parking meter tech, which goes great with dynamic pricing, and its system for selling curb space for one-time uses like moving trucks, which cut down on fraud and looks like a smart way to prevent double-parking. Enjoy.
April 1, 2015
“Less Parking, More City”
Adding parking spaces might seem like the answer to traffic problems, but it ends up making them much worse.
April 1, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Obama’s Six-Year Transportation Plan Would Allow Tolling of Existing Highways (The Hill) Bloomberg Reports on Seattle’s Ongoing Tunnel-Boring Troubles Pedestrian Injuries Falling in New Jersey (NJ.com) Seattle Times: Mayor Ed Murray Is “The Real Bike Mayor” How to Respond to a “Pedestrian Safety” Campaign That Blames Victims (Vox) Do High Construction Costs Explain Resistance to Funding U.S. … Continued
April 1, 2015