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Let’s start out with a pair of excellent new resources on parking reform. Streetsmart<\/a> has published a beta version of their website and it has a section on Parking Availability and Pricing<\/a>. And Todd Litman has published a comprehensive post with advice on Responding to Criticisms of Road Tolls and Parking Fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berkeley, CA City Council was scheduled to hear a parking reform measure last week, but it has been delayed until the December 15th meeting. As Patrick Siegman argues in this Op-Ed<\/a>, the policy is long overdue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sacramento, CA was supposed to vote on their 2040 plan<\/a> the same night, which would have eliminated parking requirements, but that was also delayed to January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have another great thread<\/a> covering Dallas, TX Zoning Committee parking meetings from Nathaniel Barrett and the future looks very promising for some parking requirement reductions there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traverse City, MI is considering a plan to exempt smaller buildings from parking requirements<\/a>. Similarly, Panama City, FL is moving forward on reduced commercial parking requirements<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up north, several Canadian cities are implementing parking reforms<\/a> and down under in Australia there’s a conversation happening about free parking in a post-COVID world<\/a>. Also out of Australia comes an innovative proposal to let developers turn parking decks into public amenities<\/a> in exchange for bonuses on nearby projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not dynamic pricing, but Laguna Beach, CA is raising rates <\/a>with the aim of achieving 85% occupancy at their meters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This letter to the editor from a student at the University of Utah<\/a> makes a convincing connection between excess parking and public health, it’s excellent. In Philadelphia, a parking reformer writes in to defend the city’s parking tax<\/a>. And this post makes the argument that San Francisco should use parking revenue to close transit budget shortfalls<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the lighter side of things, Don Shoup might be joking when he suggests Monopoly should remove Free Parking<\/a> from the game, it’s certainly on brand. And officials have decided to close off most of a $4.5 million dollar garage in Butte, MT to stop local teens from using it for fun<\/a>. The garage has been mostly empty since COVID struck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can support this podcast and a parking reform movement. Join the network<\/a> or donate today.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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