Do Cities Have Too Much Parking?

Do Cities Have Too Much Parking?

Minimum parking requirements create more parking than is needed. This in turn encourages more driving at a time when cities seek to reduce congestion and increase transit use, biking, and walking. After nearly a century of development under these requirements, parking...
Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward

City planners have to constantly think about flow. How will cars get through this intersection? When a faucet is opened, will water comes out? Carlton Lund is a citizen city planner. When he thinks about flow, it is social construct and he wants to stop conventional...
Parking Meters on Oxford Square Generate Big Money

Parking Meters on Oxford Square Generate Big Money

  Since first being installed in 2014, the parking meters and tickets have turned a profit of over $800,000 to fund parking projects. (Photo by HottyToddy.com) Parking on the Square was changed for locals and visitors dramatically just two short years ago with...
Tucson participates parking meter program for homeless

Tucson participates parking meter program for homeless

  Parking meters similar to these will be used, to help the homeless (Source: Tucson News Now) TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – Tucson city leaders will approve a program to install 20 parking meters that will allow people to donate to help the homeless....
IPS Group Top 5 Vendor in Europe’s Smart Parking

IPS Group Top 5 Vendor in Europe’s Smart Parking

Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent smart parking market in Western Europe report until 2020. This research report also lists 32 other prominent vendors that are expected to impact the market during the forecast period. Increased...