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The latest ideas, insights and action around ending parking mandates and subsidies.

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Removing Parking Minimums Is Just the Start

Hartford, CT, was the first city in the U.S. to repeal parking minimums. So…why is its downtown still 22% parking lots?

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Removing Parking Minimums Is Just the Start
Erie Was a “Walkable City Once, Before the Federal Bulldozer Came to Town”

Why does Erie, PA, keep giving up more and more of its lakefront to highway asphalt?

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Erie Was a “Walkable City Once, Before the Federal Bulldozer Came to Town”
Death by Parking

This is what happens when a city cares more about decades-old requirements than the small businesses trying to bring life to a neighborhood.

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Death by Parking
A Slow and Steady (but Bittersweet) Victory Against Arcane Parking Mandates

What if the only way to open your dream cafe involved demolishing half of it?

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Housing
A Slow and Steady (but Bittersweet) Victory Against Arcane Parking Mandates
Toronto’s Curbside Patios Made 49 Times More Money Than the Parking They Replaced

A recent study on curbside dining in Toronto found that there are loads of financial possibilities waiting in empty parking spaces.

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Toronto’s Curbside Patios Made 49 Times More Money Than the Parking They Replaced
"We Require WAY Too Much Parking"

This Strong Towns member saw a huge problem with the parking minimums in his city—and decided to do something about it.

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"We Require WAY Too Much Parking"
Trying to Help Small Businesses? Stop Worrying About Congestion

"We have to give up on on the delusion that we can have a place that is both great for business, and great at moving cars quickly."

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Trying to Help Small Businesses? Stop Worrying About Congestion
Why Parking Minimums Almost Destroyed My Hometown and How We Repealed Them

Plus 5 tips for repealing parking minimums in your community.

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Why Parking Minimums Almost Destroyed My Hometown and How We Repealed Them
Why I Love Trader Joe's Parking Lots

Notoriously bemoaned, Trader Joe's parking lots are known for their small size, tight spots & limited maneuvering areas. But that's actually a much better model than the wasted space that most grocery stores have in their parking lots.

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Why I Love Trader Joe's Parking Lots