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Patrick Siegman

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STREETSBLOG USA

Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums

By Patrick Siegman | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments
Was 2021 the year that U.S. planners finally lost faith in minimum parking requirements? It certainly seems so.
Minimum parking regulations don't just raise rents. They've also given Palo Alto some remarkably ugly buildings. Photo: Patrick Siegman

Commentary: Palo Alto Needs to House People, Not Cars

By Patrick Siegman | Jul 8, 2021 | No Comments
The Peninsula city's parking laws are a recipe for high rents and homelessness. Let’s fix them
Octavia Court in San Francisco. Image courtesy Satellite Affordable Housing Associates
STREETSBLOG CALIFORNIA

Force Blind People to Buy Parking Spaces?

By Patrick Siegman | Jan 26, 2021 | No Comments
The City of Berkeley will be considering this question on Tuesday afternoon, when the City Council is scheduled to once again take up the topic of minimum parking regulations
Minimum parking requirements don’t just raise rents. They’ve also resulted in some remarkably ugly buildings. Photo by Patrick Siegman

Op-Ed: Berkeley’s Outdated Parking Laws Are a Recipe for High Rents and Homelessness

By Patrick Siegman | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments
Berkeley's City Council to consider removing minimum parking regulations and requiring unbundling of costs for certain types of homes
STREETSBLOG USA

Donald Shoup, an Appreciation

By Patrick Siegman | Mar 30, 2015 | No Comments
On Tuesday, the news came that after 41 years of teaching at UCLA, Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning, will retire. For all of us who have had our paths in life profoundly influenced by his research, writing, and teaching on parking and transportation, it’s a good time to reflect. I never got to […]
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