Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Parking

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

Will Philadelphia Reverse Its Progress on Parking Requirements?

By Angie Schmitt | May 17, 2018 | 16 Comments

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

Landlords in Seattle Can’t Force Renters to Pay for Parking Anymore

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2018 | 41 Comments

Renters who don't own cars will no longer have to pay for parking spaces they don't use.

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

How Boston Used Meter Prices to Fix Parking Dysfunction

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2018 | 4 Comments

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

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

How Parking Mandates Tilt the Market Toward “Luxury” Housing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2018 | 22 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

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

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2018 | 4 Comments

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

This building was converted to apartments in downtown Hartford after parking mandates were eliminated. Photo: Google Maps

Hartford Eliminates Parking Minimums Citywide

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 13, 2017 | 46 Comments

The Connecticut capital is getting rid of parking minimums citywide, the second major American city to do so in the past 12 months.

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