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Parking
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Do Cities Have Too Much Parking?
Minimum parking requirements create more parking than is needed. This in turn encourages more driving at a time…
2018-10-08
And The Oscar Goes To … A City?
From platinum-certified bike cities to LEED buildings and points-earning waterfronts, green infrastructure advocates are increasingly going the way…
2016-02-29
Why Transit-Oriented Developments Do Not Need Transit
Urban planners have invested a lot of energy in the idea of transit-oriented developments (TODs). Developing dense housing…
2016-01-20
Discover The Clearest (Obvious?) Link Why More Carparks Means More Cars
Long after it was painfully clear that cigarettes caused cancer, big tobacco companies maintained that no such link…
2016-01-14
Can Cars That Park Themselves Reduce Traffic?
New England’s most densely populated city is testing a new way to alleviate congestion and free up more…
2015-12-21
Stacking Cases For Street Park Conversion To Bike Lanes
San Francisco is moving forward with a plan to add protected bike lanes on Polk Street, one of…
2015-06-27
New App Touts Cheaper Parking In Chicago
Parking in Chicago is bad. With the privatization of its parking meters and its reputation as one of…
2015-05-27
Amsterdam Has Officially Ran Out Of Bicycle Parking
Amsterdam is currently tackling a problem most cities can only dream of having: It has way too many…
2015-04-08
Ben Wellington : How We Found The Worst Place To Park In New York City – Using Big Data
City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But…
2015-03-18
Stockholm’s Newest Parking Garage Is Only For Bikes
When it’s built, the newest parking garage in Stockholm won’t hold any cars at all. It’s designed to…
2015-03-02
Wellington In New Zealand Experiments With Parking Sensors
Thousands of sensors are to be installed around Wellington to keep an eye on parking overstayers. A $1.4 million…
2015-02-18
Parking Innovations That Every City Should Adopt
No one knows more about parking than UCLA’s Donald Shoup, the so-called “prophet of parking” and author of…
2015-02-07