Parking Policy
Basics
STEAL THIS IDEA: Canadian City Passes Next-Gen Parking Reform
As in many North American cities, community leaders had vowed to address the climate crisis through policy action — but that didn't mean everyone recognized how forcing developers to build car storage was setting back that goal, or the city's other priorities.
May 9, 2022
Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums
Was 2021 the year that U.S. planners finally lost faith in minimum parking requirements? It certainly seems so.
January 31, 2022
D.C. ‘Parking Cash Out’ Law Makes Employers Refund Workers Who Don’t Drive
Many employers in Washington, D.C. are now required to pay workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits.
January 7, 2022
Yes, Even Walmart Wants to Build Smaller Parking Lots
At the peak of its parking investment, Walmart was building six parking spaces per thousand square feet of store. But that's changed.
December 30, 2021
‘An Epic Mistake’: Donald Shoup Reflects on America’s Parking Failure
"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."
November 19, 2021
Opinion: American Parking Policy is the Real Socialism
"There may be massive inequities in other aspects of life, but each citizen is guaranteed equal access to adequate parking spaces." - Joe Cortright
October 22, 2021
The Parking Reform Network Comes of Age
“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
October 21, 2021
How the Twin Cities Abolished Parking Minimums (And How Your City Can, Too)
The Twin Cities' victory over mandatory parking minimums was won by smart, persistent organizing among advocates and well-informed electeds — and your city can do the same.
September 2, 2021
Analysis: End Parking Minimums Now!
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.
August 18, 2021
What Happened When Buffalo Changed Its Parking Rules
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.
June 14, 2021
