Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Parking Madness

How Denver Repaired Its Epic Parking Crater

By Angie Schmitt | May 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

The above photo is downtown Denver in 1976. Not pretty is it? But Denver doesn’t look like that anymore. And that’s no accident. Even though that picture is what inspired Streetsblog’s Parking Madness competition, Denver didn’t even make it past the first round in our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. This is what […]

Parking Madness Champion Tulsa Moves to Limit Surface Parking Downtown

By Angie Schmitt | May 13, 2013 | 6 Comments

Just last month, we were shaming Tulsa, Oklahoma, with our “Golden Crater” award for the downtown most riddled with surface parking lots. But today, we applaud the city for taking steps to reverse the plague of excess parking. Tulsa World reported Friday that our Parking Madness competition winner is moving forward with a ban on new […]

In a Landslide, Tulsa Wins the Parking Madness “Golden Crater” Award

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2013 | 25 Comments

Streetsblog readers have spoken — and they have annointed Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the champion of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. The final match was a total blowout, with Tulsa stomping Milwaukee in our poll, 483 to 124. In the end, no other downtown could compare to the […]

It’s Tulsa vs. Milwaukee in the Parking Madness Championship!

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 9, 2013 | 48 Comments

This is it — the final, epic showdown of Parking Madness. We started with 16 reader-submitted contenders for the title of America’s Worst Parking Crater, and Milwaukee and Tulsa have emerged from three rounds of voting to face off in the championship. Only one will be immortalized and receive the “Golden Crater,” Streetsblog’s prize for asphalt […]

Final Four Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Houston

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 8, 2013 | 15 Comments

Which city has the ugliest asphalt expanse? The deadest downtown? The most awful place to sit and eat lunch? Those are the questions you must ask yourself as we approach the finale of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in the U.S. We’re wrapping up Final Four competition today with Tulsa and Houston […]

Final Four Parking Madness Matchup: Milwaukee vs. Dallas

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2013 | 13 Comments

We’re down to just four cities: Milwaukee, Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa. But only one can be the champion of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. Today is a very exciting day, because we’re kicking off the Final Four with two venerable parking competitors: Milwaukee and Dallas. Milwaukee has […]

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