Downtown Detroit has more parking today than any time in the city’s history—despite the city’s population being less than half what it once was. Now, a group of Detroiters are pushing for commonsense parking reform that can help put the Motor City back on the road to recovery.
Read MoreHere's how to participate in our annual #BlackFridayParking event today.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreRemoving parking minimums doesn’t mean getting rid of parking altogether. It means letting the market decide the right amount of parking.
Read MoreWe humbly propose a better approach to parking policy than years of studies and focus groups.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreThe rise of ridesharing, e-commerce deliveries, and pandemic-era al fresco dining has shed new light on the untapped value of a more flexible curb.
Read MoreThe story of how Edmonton, a sprawling prairie city, became the first major Canadian city to end parking minimums—and what the rest of us can learn from its example.
Read MoreParking is so ubiquitous that it’s hard to see just how much we have of it. But the data shows us. The data also reveals what a waste of precious resources all that parking is.
Read MoreTowns and cities are converting parking spaces into “parklets” as a temporary social distancing resource. But the benefits of parklets will outlast the pandemic.
Read MoreToo 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.
Read MoreWe’re pretty hard on parking here at Strong Towns—after all, it’s often a massively wasteful use of space. But what does that vision mean for suburban and rural residents who drive into the city? Where are they supposed to park?
Read MoreMinimum parking requirements are expensive, waste space, and waste opportunities. Edmonton seems poised to do something about it.
Read MoreWhat if parking reform efforts could martial the kind of informed, passionate support that we see in cycling advocacy? A new national nonprofit is working on just that.
Read MoreHow will we ensure there’s enough parking if we don’t require property owners to provide any? There’s a simple answer to this question.
Read MoreSandpoint, Idaho eliminated its downtown parking minimums 10 years ago. Since then, at least four projects that could not otherwise have happened have brought new vibrancy and economic productivity to downtown.
Read MoreWe’re in the waning hours of this year’s #BlackFridayParking campaign. Here are just a few highlights.
Read MoreWe paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Here are a few ways people around North America are taking paradise back.
Read MoreSure, it’s all well and good to talk about ending parking minimums. But what about doing it in ultra-car-dependent Los Angeles?
Read MoreWe don’t pay a ton of attention to parking lots in our day-to-day lives—nobody makes postcards of scenic or historic ones—yet parking dominates and shapes the built environment around us more than any other factor. Here’s how to start seeing parking—and the damage it does when we build too much of it.
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