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Parking Reform & People With Disabilities
Practically every day, there's a new headline about a new effort in a U.S. city to reform its autocentric parking policies — and practically every time Streetsblog covers it, we get an email that asks what people with disabilities will do in a world with no accessible parking at all.
March 22, 2023
Legislation Aims to Take the Measure of Traffic Impacts From App-Based Delivery Services
Because app-based food delivery services operate with very little oversight in Massachusetts, it’s difficult to estimate the scale of their impact.
March 16, 2023
Angelino Heights Plans to Curb Illegal Racing Don’t Go Far Enough
LADOT planning to replace "underwhelming" plastic bollards and paint treatment... with more plastic bollards, more paint, and added parking and added turn lanes.
March 10, 2023
Guest Post: Introducing SPOT SJ – A New Partnership for a More Vibrant San Jose
Can a parking spot help San Jose make headway toward some of its biggest goals? Can it help reduce traffic and climate emissions, create more affordable housing, and make Downtown San Jose more vibrant? A new partnership—SPOT SJ—says yes.
February 14, 2023
Why Parking Garages Are Pointless
For the past century, the public and private sector appear to have agreed on one thing: the more parking, the better. But we see signs that that’s finally starting to change.
February 6, 2023
SPUR Talk: Time for a Parking Intervention?
There are about two parking spots for every resident of the Bay Area, or 2.4 for every car.
February 28, 2022
The de Young’s Underappreciated Underground Attraction
No visitor to the de Young should miss this often forgotten San Francisco tourist attraction
August 23, 2021
Commentary: Palo Alto Needs to House People, Not Cars
The Peninsula city's parking laws are a recipe for high rents and homelessness. Let’s fix them
Patrick Siegman
July 8, 2021
Legislative Update: Bill to Remove Parking Minimums Near Transit Passes First Committee
Asm. Friedman's A.B. 1401 would allow developers to "right-size" the number of parking spaces
April 16, 2021
Commentary: Stop Subsidizing Car Ownership
If the city stops giving public land away for free to drivers, it can close its deficit and then some
January 21, 2021
