Minimum Requirements – Parking Reform Network

Black Friday Parking 2024: Help Us Turn Bad Land Use Into Better Policy

Etienne Lefebvre — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:02:33 +0000

Black Friday is the day that reveals one of the worst flaws in the American landscape: We have way too much parking. To showcase the scale of the problem using social media posts, we are using the hashtag #BlackFridayParking. This year’s campaign brings together more than a dozen organizations, advocates, and influencers on social media to draw attention to how wasteful and destructive parking requirements are marring our landscapes and making our places less productive. Join PRN and Strong Towns in challenging excessive and costly parking mandates!

Parking minimums raise costs for housing and the environment

Sammy Herdman — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:06:45 +0000

Parking reform would result in benefits to the economy and the climate This article was written by Sammy Herdman and originally published by Colorado Newsline. In May, a potentially transformative statewide land use bill died, hindering Gov. Jared Polis’ plan to resolve Colorado’s severe housing shortage. The failure of the land use bill — Senate Bill 23-213 — was…

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New York City’s Chance to Lift Parking Mandates for Good

Michael Sutherland — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:25:30 +0000

Michael Sutherland is joining us as guest editor, as part of our ongoing collaboration with our partner organization Open Plans. The movement for parking reform in New York City is heating up — and parking mandates could be lifted as soon as next year. Mayor Eric Adams’ Administration is currently moving through his three City of Yes zoning text amendments: one for the economy…

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PRN’s Expanded Parking Lot Map

Elwyn Hofmann and Etienne Lefebvre — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:27:23 +0000

At the heart of every great urban landscape lies a delicate balance between the space reserved for cars and the space dedicated for people. One valuable resource for understanding this balance is our Parking Lot Map tool. It features a database of interactive city maps showing the percentage of a city’s central area dedicated to parking. As cities grapple with issues of housing, green spaces…

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Building a U.S. Parking Minimums Database

Tung Lin and Wilson Lee — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 21:50:14 +0000

Using data to inform and reform policies isn’t new. However, in order to analyze data, you need to be able to access the data — even better if it’s already processed and formatted. There’s no unified database for parking minimums in the United States, so we were tasked to build one. Parking minimums are a set of parking requirements for new developments, ranging from residential to…

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