Highlights from #BlackFridayParking 2021

Next time you see a half-full parking lot, especially on Black Friday, think of all the untapped possibilities trapped underneath that sea of asphalt.

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Grab Your Camera. It's #BlackFridayParking Day!

Here’s how to participate in this annual event!

#BlackFridayParking, Parking, AnnouncementStrong TownsNovember 26, 2021#BlackFridayParking, Parking, parking, announcement

An Ode to Donald Shoup

For #BlackFridayParking week, we’re paying homage to Donald Shoup, whose work has been hugely influential to Strong Towns.

Marohn, Parking, #BlackFridayParking, Top StoryCharles MarohnNovember 24, 2021Parking, parking, #BlackFridayParking, Donald Shoup

Where Parking Reform Ideas Go to Die...or Not?

You might be used to good ideas getting killed by committee. Here’s some inspiration to keep pushing, regardless.

A New Way to Look at Minimum Parking Requirements

Strong Towns and the Parking Reform Network have joined forces to bring you a whole new way of viewing reforms to parking minimums across North America.

Where Will You Be on #BlackFridayParking Day?

Wherever you are this Friday, share a photo of the wasteful parking lots around you—and share it with us via #BlackFridayParking!

Announcing a New and Improved Map of Cities That Have Removed Parking Minimums

We’re relaunching our crowd-sourced map of cities in the U.S. and Canada that have ended or sharply curtailed their parking requirements. And it's more useful than ever.

Paths of Greater Resistance

Incremental development today is far from the path of least resistance. To do it, you'll need the ability to navigate dozens of regulatory barriers.

Movie Set Urbanism: Revisited

What do we find when we look behind the "New Urbanist" façade of this master-planned development?

Where We Embrace Socialism in the U.S.: Parking Lots

How we embrace socialism for car storage in the public right of way.

The State Fair Parking Lottery

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

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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.

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands to #SlowTheCars

After the local government did nothing, this Strong Towns advocate bought a dangerous road in her community and made it safer.

How Does Removing Parking and Road Space Affect People With Disabilities?

Here are three reasons even those who heavily depend on car access right now need not fear a transition to less auto-centric places, and might still welcome it.

A Plan for Parking That You Can Use in Your Place

Today I’m sharing a plan I offered to my colleagues on our local parking committee. My hope is that it'll benefit those who are thinking through similar issues in their places.

Parking Requirements: Cheaper Driving for Costlier Development

In order to make space for cars when they’re not in motion, we’ve driven the costs of development up. And it’s often tenants and consumers who end up paying for it.

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Parking: An Underutilized Tool in the Recovery Toolbox

How all those parking spaces can boost revenue and assist in a post-pandemic recovery.

Parking, Top StoryKarra Gardin Tuluenga & Joni WickhamMarch 9, 2021Parking, parking meters, parking pricing

Why Parking Should Pay Its Way Instead of Getting a Free Ride

Hartford, Connecticut is considering a pioneering move to make parking pay its way.

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Best of 2020: Edmonton Becomes a Model for Parking Reform

This year, Edmonton, Alberta became Canada’s first major city to end parking minimums. We were inspired not only by what they did but by how they did it.