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Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums
Was 2021 the year that U.S. planners finally lost faith in minimum parking requirements? It certainly seems so.
Patrick Siegman
January 31, 2022
Force Blind People to Buy Parking Spaces?
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
Patrick Siegman
January 26, 2021
Op-Ed: Pros and Cons of the California Public Utility Commission Decision to Deploy Automated Vehicles
The California Public Utilities Commission is moving the Automated Vehicles (AVs) Program from pilot to deployment.
Mollie D’Agostino and Prashanth Venkataram
December 3, 2020
Op-Ed: Berkeley’s Outdated Parking Laws Are a Recipe for High Rents and Homelessness
Berkeley's City Council to consider removing minimum parking regulations and requiring unbundling of costs for certain types of homes
Patrick Siegman
December 1, 2020
Donald Shoup, an Appreciation
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 take a class from professor Shoup, but he has had more influence on my life and career than any of the professors whose classes I did attend.
Patrick Siegman
March 30, 2015