{"id":1625,"date":"2021-05-17T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkingreform.org\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2021-05-17T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:25:16","slug":"parking-reform-news-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkingreform.org\/2021\/05\/17\/parking-reform-news-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking Reform News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You don’t want to miss<\/strong> our event this Thursday: Tackling Parking Reform in Hawaii \u2013 Taking Down Parking Lots and Unpaving Paradise<\/a> – featuring Kathleen Rooney from the Ulupono Initiative. Register for free here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minneapolis Abolishes Costly Car Parking Mandates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The big news this week is the culmination of years of work in Minneapolis to eliminate damaging minimum parking requirements<\/a>. On Friday, May 14th, the city council unanimously approved an ordinance<\/a> implementing the Minneapolis 2040 Plan directive to do so. St. Paul is likely to eliminate its car parking requirements<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philadelphia Looks to Reduce Parking Taxes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Philadelphia, PA may cut its taxes on parking lots and garages<\/a> by more than 30% this coming July. But Philadelphia parking reformers say the move will undercut climate action and traffic safety goals.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick Siegman breaks it down on Twitter, APA Says Poor Curb Management Costs Billions, and Sec. Pete (briefly) Talks Parking.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PRN Advisory Board member, Patrick Siegman, posted a great twitter thread<\/a> about the genesis and reasons for California’s AB1401, and the lessons are universally applicable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the California APA is causing some to scratch their heads in its opposition to a clean AB1401<\/a>, the national APA published this article on how poor curb management costs city’s tons of money<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while it’s a brief mention, it’s notable that the Secretary of Transportation mentioned the potential impact on land use, particularly parking demand, if AV ever become a reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street Eats and Open Streets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n