Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Parking lots

‘An Epic Mistake’: Donald Shoup Reflects on America’s Parking Failure

By Kea Wilson | Nov 19, 2021 | No Comments

"There are so many ways in which we’d be better off if we reformed our parking policy: reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, nitrous oxide emissions, particulate pollution, traffic crashes. Urban planners have made epic mistakes in almost all of their parking policies. But now they can fix it."

Parking Reform Network Co-founder Tony Jordan at a fundraiser Sunday night. All Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland

The Parking Reform Network Comes of Age

By Jonathan Maus | Oct 21, 2021 | No Comments

“We’re all here because when we look at a new surface parking lot, or see a lot being dug up for an apartment’s underground garage, we understand these are just the surface expressions of a sinister force." -Parking Reform Network founder Tony Jordan, via Bike Portland's Jonathan Maus

Talking Headways Podcast: What We Can Do To Depave Cities

By Jeff Wood | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois. McGuire talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental effects of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.

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Why NYC Must End Parking Minimums Now

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 18, 2021 | No Comments

The mandatory parking minimum law is the demon child of car culture and NIMBYism — but it is finally being attacked by progressive leaders. Where will Mayor Adams stand? He isn't saying.

Surface parking in downtown San Jose, California.
Sergio Ruiz, SPUR/Flickr, CC BY

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What Happened When Buffalo Changed Its Parking Rules

By Daniel Baldwin Hess and Jeffrey Rehler | Jun 14, 2021 | No Comments

In 2017 Buffalo, New York, became the first U.S. city to stop requiring development projects to include at least a minimum amount of parking. Here's what happened next.

How to Accelerate Parking Reform in U.S. Cities

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments

"Electric vehicles won’t save us from climate change, but parking reform might," one researcher said.

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