Interview – Parking Reform Network

Meet PRN Board Member Eric Arellano

Elwyn Hofmann and Etienne Lefebvre — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:22:16 +0000

Hi! I’m a volunteer, board member, and donor to PRN, along with a software engineer at IBM Quantum and an animal rights activist. After living in Mexico City for 1.5 years, I returned to Arizona to be a founding member of Culdesac, the car free community. At age 13, my youth pastor challenged us to not wait to be adults to change the world. Inspired, my friends and I started raising money for…

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Meet PRN Board Member Evan Manvel

Elwyn Hofmann — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:00:22 +0000

I grew up in Colorado, and my parents instilled civic engagement in me at an early age. I found myself particularly drawn to addressing climate disruption, which I find is the defining challenge of our generation. To address that challenge, I got a master’s degree in public policy and urban planning and spent many years as an advocate for transportation choices and thoughtful land use planning for…

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Meet Paula Acero, our first full-time staff member

Elwyn Hofmann — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:34:52 +0000

Hello, PRN community! I’m honored to be the new organizer for such a great nonprofit. I was born in Mexico City, and I’ve lived there my whole life. Since I was little, I have been interested in helping others. As I grew up, I discovered my passion was to be an activist for social movements; I started volunteering for different organizations involving gender equity, climate change…

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Meet PRN Member Ryan Martyn

Elwyn Hofmann — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 21:44:54 +0000

In my thesis, I discuss the planning concept of the complete neighborhood, A.K.A. the 20-Minute Neighborhood / 15-Minute City. The concept basically says that if you can reach any daily essential within a 20 minute one way trip via active transportation (walk, bike, public transit), then you live in a complete neighborhood. In the paper, I critique the concept and suggest that the complete neighborhood should focus on a 10-minute round trip by foot to better align with people’s - especially drivers' - willingness to walk. I also get more specific about what essentials are included in the concept and how essentials vary by culture and identity along with the need to provide essentials to those who are excluded from the free market.

Meet Thomas Carpenito, Creator of the Parking Lot Map

Thomas Carpenito — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:26:36 +0000

We know parking lots take up too much valuable land in our communities. But how much land, exactly? Parking Reform Network researcher Thomas Carpenito wondered how he could find out — and how he could make that data make sense to people. Parking Reform Network: How did you first become interested in parking reform? Thomas Carpenito: I started university as an environmentalist and…

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