Opinion – Parking Reform Network

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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Parking Mandates, Equity, & Accessibility

Etienne Lefebvre — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:43:40 +0000

Freeing up valuable space in our cities by reducing car-dependency can provide immense opportunities to intentionally design our cities around the needs of people with disabilities. Allowing people with disabilities to not only have independent mobility but also experience what it's like to live in a city that directly prioritizes them rather than cars. When cities are designed around people instead of machines we get to enjoy an urban typology that encourages greater social connectedness, greater accessibility, greater equity and greater proximity to services and to each other.

What Barriers Stand in the Way of Good Parking Reform?

Etienne Lefebvre — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 04:17:24 +0000

An overreliance on intuitive reasoning and a determination to maintain outdated parking policies have birthed a perfect storm of political inertia capable of taking the wind out of parking reform’s proverbial sails. A recent proposal to abolish minimum parking mandates in the city of SeaTac was unfortunately caught up in this political inertia, hampering the odds of successful reform. The case study in SeaTac makes it clear just how paramount it is for our message to reach the public in order to ensure people are equipped to successfully advocate for parking reform in their own cities.

Best Parking Policies of 2020

Angel York — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:27:00 +0000

By Jane Wilberding, Lindsay Bayley, and Tony Jordan As we conclude our first year as an organization, we would like to reflect on recent accomplishments made in the area of parking reform throughout the U.S. and across the globe. Below is the Parking Reform Network’s summary of the best parking reform policies that came out of what proved to be a tumultuous year for so many.

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Parking Reform After Coronavirus

Tony Jordan — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:44:16 +0000

Obviously, in the middle of this crisis, with lockdowns in place and ICU beds filling up, parking policy (like most things) isn’t important. We have much bigger fish to fry: maintaining a functioning health care system and supporting millions of people thrown off the payrolls are at the top of the list. But we will make it through this, and when we do, the post-Coronavirus world is going to…

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