Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about parking

How Freeway Removal and Zero Parking Can Fend Off SF’s Triple Threat

By Jason Henderson | May 27, 2015 | No Comments

There is an urgent triumvirate of crises looming over San Franciscans. With median rents now exceeding $4,200, hyper-gentrification is tearing lives apart. Except for those surviving on rent control, the city is no longer welcoming to teachers, artists, and the entire middle class. Things are looking difficult in the East Bay, as speculators and realtors […]

Donald Shoup Interview, Part 1: Adaptive Reuse, Parking Cash-Out, Teaching

By Joe Linton | May 26, 2015 | No Comments

Donald Shoup is one of my heroes. He’s the authority on parking: how it shapes cities, how it enables driving, and how cities can fix the problems that parking policies create. He has a legion of followers who proudly call themselves Shoupistas. Shoup is retiring from UCLA this year. The college is sending him off […]

Too Many Cities Make Their Most Valuable Land Worthless

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2015 | No Comments

This image of downtown Memphis caught the eye of Charles Marohn at Strong Towns. A parking wasteland topped by a tangle of highway spaghetti, it was taken, perfectly enough, from the Bass Pro Shop that now occupies the top of the Memphis Pyramid. So many cities have done the same as Memphis: take some of […]

10 Tips for Cities Ready to Replace Car Parking With Safe Space for Biking

By Michael Andersen | Apr 15, 2015 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. A curbside parking spot is just 182 square feet of urban space. But for advocates of better American bike infrastructure, few obstacles loom larger. Right now in San Diego, a long-brewing plan […]