Download the PDF Parking is the sacred cow of land uses. It claims privileged status in zoning codes and there is simply too much of it in cities. Previous ACCESS articles reveal problems with minimum parking requirements; show how excess parking harms livability,...

Download the PDF One of the first lessons of economics is that price controls lead to shortages, and shortages lead to queues. Street parking vividly illustrates this principle. Many cities keep valuable street spaces free or underpriced, and as a result they fill up...

Parking management has been a vexing problem for cities since the invention of the automobile. Among the concerns are traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions caused by drivers searching for available parking—an activity colloquially known as...

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...

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...

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...

Los Angeles entered the second decade of the 21st century facing major challenges to its parking operations. With a population of 3.8 million, and its car-oriented culture still predominant, the city’s parking meters were technically outdated – with most only accepting coins and many regularly out of service – resulting in a substantial loss of revenue. This coincided with a number of Californian cities looking to parking income to boost their budgets.

Knoxville parking meters to be updatedMore than 1,000 outdated parking meters in the Knoxville will be replaced by solar-powered units across downtown, the Old City and Fort Sanders after City Council members approved a contract Tuesday night…

Click here to view original web page at medford.wickedlocal.com Those fed up with Medford’s year-old parking kiosks might soon have reason to celebrate. Mayor Stephanie M. Burke said the city is considering replacing at least some of the digital kiosks with...

Waldwick — The borough will replace the 40 coin-operated parking meters at the train station parking lot with card-operated meters to facilitate commuters’ daily park and ride commute. According to Borough Administrator Andrew Tatarenko, the project to overhaul the...

The red meters scattered throughout downtown San Diego that collect donations for the homeless have raised nearly $10,000 since the first of nearly two dozen stations was installed four years ago. While the total is far from enough money to help the city end its fight...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Montgomery County is giving drivers more parking payment options by expanding its use of “smart” meters. Starting next week, more than 1,100 traditional parking meters in Silver Spring will be replaced with smart meter technology, which...