What a million-person festival and an experiment in pop-up entrepreneurship teach us about the incoherence of parking policy.

Parking, Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesSeptember 1, 2021parking, Donald Shoup, Minnesota, parking pricing

How to Solve a Parking Problem Without Breaking the Bank

If you’ve got a parking shortage in your downtown, consider this unique, cost-effective solution: a valet service.

Did Sacramento Just Approve the Best Local Housing Reform Yet?

There are only a couple reforms Strong Towns recommends unequivocally for every town and city. Sacramento just passed both of them…unanimously…in one evening.

Parking Minimums: From 101 to Taking Action

A step-by-step path to get you — or your city officials — informed on the fragile-making effects of parking minimums…and on how to end them.

#BlackFridayParking, Parking, Top StoryJohn PattisonNovember 25, 2020parking, parking minimums, #BlackFridayParking

Show us what you wish your city would do with *all* that parking!

This year proves, more than ever, that we need to free our cities from the straitjacket of parking minimums. So we’re kicking off our annual #BlackFridayParking campaign…but with a 2020 twist.

#BlackFridayParking, Parking, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesNovember 23, 2020parking, #BlackFridayParking, parking minimums

Parking Minimums Gave Me a Haircut

Too often, “form follows parking” for small developers. A project feasibility starts with on-site parking minimums; only then can it be determined how much is left over for productive use.

Will Edmonton Be the First Major Canadian City to Eliminate Parking Minimums?

Minimum parking requirements are expensive, waste space, and waste opportunities. Edmonton seems poised to do something about it.

ParkingAshley SalvadorMay 14, 2020parking minimums, Canada, edmonton, parking

Can We Afford to Care About Design in a Housing Crisis?

If you want to see more homes built in your city, good urban design isn’t your enemy. And neither are those who insist on it.

Herriges, Housing, Urban DesignDaniel HerrigesJanuary 22, 2020urban design, parking, walkability, garages, car dependency, YIMBY, housing, housing crisis

Ending Parking Minimums is the Holiday Gift that Keeps on Giving

Help us spread the word about #BlackFridayParking. Get a holiday gift you'll actually want.

#BlackFridayParking, Top StoryStrong TownsNovember 6, 2019parking minimums, parking, #BlackFridayParking

Lessons from the Streets of Tokyo

An urbanist abroad discovers that Tokyo faces many of the same challenges as U.S. cities — off-street parking, pedestrian safety, utilizing space, etc. — but is addressing them in very different ways.

Andrew Price, Urban Design, Top StoryAndrew PriceOctober 1, 2019Tokyo, Japan, parking, pedestrian safety, narrow streets

You Can't Make It Up

When my school district proposed tearing down buildings for parking, I and others suggested there were more creative and less destructive ways to solve these problems. We were scoffed at, and we lost. Hate to say, “I told you so,” but….

Marohn, Parking, Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 15, 2019schools, Brainerd MN, parking

How Better Design Can Help Solve Parking Problems

Giving valuable space in cities over to cars isn’t great for building walkable or productive places. But for now at least, our urban neighborhoods need some parking. This an area where thoughtful design can help us solve multiple problems at once.

We Require Too Much Parking. These Boston Planners Found Out Exactly How Much.

It’s easy to claim “We have too much parking” but to prove it? These Boston area planners were up to the challenge, surveying over 200 apartment buildings’ parking lots. What they found… might not shock you.

Herriges, Parking, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 2, 2019parking, parking minimums, Boston, Massachusetts, page highlight

Is the Household Garage America's Favorite Room or America's Worst Mistake?

Almost every suburban house has one. But is the home garage an American institution or a national disgrace?

Upzoned, Podcast, WIlson, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 18, 2019parking, cost of parking, Upzoned

Getting Parking Right in Portland

Portland, OR is leading the charge in parking reform by pricing its on-street parking at a variable rate that reflects shifting demand, instead of subsidizing it.

Parking, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 20, 2018parking minimums, parking, Donald Shoup, Portland OR

E-Scooters and Who Takes Up Space in Cities

In this podcast episode, Chuck Marohn and Strong Towns board member Andrew Burleson discuss how electric scooters could change the way we think about how space is allocated on our streets.

PodcastStrong TownsAugust 2, 2018transportation, parking, congestion, scooters, biking, San Francisco, traffic engineering

More Evidence That We Have Too Much Parking

A new comprehensive inventory of parking in five U.S. cities provides yet more persuasive evidence: we have built way too much parking, and it is a huge drag on the fiscal solvency and the vitality of our cities and towns.