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Eight Ways To Reimagine Parking Spaces

This Park(ing) Day, 175 groups across multiple countries transformed curbside parking stalls into bedrooms, terraces, living spaces and more.

October 3, 2024

How Should Parking be Priced in College Towns?

Forget "Seinfeld" — the fundamental challenges of parking policy are not limited to big cities.

September 11, 2024

This Year’s Park(ing) Day Hopes to Inspire Big Policy Change

One weekend a year, advocates and artists all over the world repurpose curbside parking spots to make more space for people. This year, they're connecting it back to parking policy reform that can keep the party going year round.

September 5, 2024

Study: People Want to Pay for Parking Separately From Rent

Most U.S. apartment complexes bundle the costs of parking and housing together — whether or not residents actually own a car and use that space. New research suggests that tenants might be open to a change.

August 19, 2024

NYC Won’t Even Eliminate Parking Mandates at Transit-Oriented Development

Here's a case study in how far even one of the nation's most progressive cities still has to go.

August 9, 2024

Under Threat of Federal Suit (Again!), NYC Promises Action on ‘Unacceptable’ Illegal Police Parking

A deputy mayor made a flat-out promise to eliminate illegal police parking that violates the Americans With Disabilities Act. But when? How? We don't know.

April 24, 2024

Justice Dept., Citing Streetsblog Reporting, Threatens to Sue NYPD Over Cops’ Sidewalk Parking

The city is now facing a major civil rights suit from the Biden Administration if it doesn't eliminate illegal parking by cops and other city workers.

April 22, 2024

Donald Shoup: Here’s a Parking Policy That Works for the People

Free parking has a veneer of equality, but it is unfair. Here's a proposal from America's leading parking academic that could make it more equitable.

April 18, 2024

Will Paris Voters Make SUV Drivers Pay More For Parking — And Will American Cities Follow Their Lead?

Voters in the City of Light could force SUV drivers to pay more to park — but even if the measure passes, more hurdles lie ahead.

February 2, 2024