If you care about #housing costs or #climatechange or how your city or town thrives and grows without losing its sole...or if you care about just about anything, here's a *must-listen* pod on #parkingreform policy and politics! All roads lead to parking⬇️
Today on Volts: parking is the "dark matter" of land use, invisibly making everything worse, but most municipalities continue to mandate minimum levels of it. WA state just passed some awesome parking reform & I dig into it with @citizen-cate.bsky.social & Alan Durning of @sightline.org.
Parking reform in Washington, parking reform everywhere!
Washington's bold new parking reform bill will make housing more abundant and inspire other states, explain Sightline's Catie Gould and Alan Durning.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you care about #housing costs or #climatechange or how your city or town thrives and grows without losing its sole...or if you care about just about anything, here's a *must-listen* pod on #parkingreform policy and politics! All roads lead to parking⬇️
Attn: 🦋 bsky #parkingreform peeps:
Join @parkingreform.org on Nov. 13 for a Lunch & Learn w @citizen-cate.bsky.social to dive into her report on WA state (➡️sightline.org/ParkingReport) showing how parking policies are shaping our cities. 🏙️ #ParkingReform #UrbanPlanning #ParkingNetwork
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Lunch and Learn - Decoding Washington’s Parking Report: Insights from Catie Gould · Zoom · Luma
lu.ma
November 11, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Attn: 🦋 bsky #parkingreform peeps:
Shoreline and Bellingham both taking huge steps on #ParkingReform. They join Spokane and Port Townsend, which, if I'm understanding correctly, have not exploded.
Kirkland starting to feel a little less innovative.
Kirkland starting to feel a little less innovative.
December 17, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Shoreline and Bellingham both taking huge steps on #ParkingReform. They join Spokane and Port Townsend, which, if I'm understanding correctly, have not exploded.
Kirkland starting to feel a little less innovative.
Kirkland starting to feel a little less innovative.
BREAKING: Nanaimo’s city council just voted 8-1 to recommend City Staff to eliminate all minimum parking requirements for all uses within the Downtown Urban Centre. After over a year of advocacy with Strong Towns Nanaimo. Our first step was a resounding success! #peopleoverparking #parkingreform
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: Nanaimo’s city council just voted 8-1 to recommend City Staff to eliminate all minimum parking requirements for all uses within the Downtown Urban Centre. After over a year of advocacy with Strong Towns Nanaimo. Our first step was a resounding success! #peopleoverparking #parkingreform
Excellent review of Henry Grabar's Paved Paradise. #parkingreform
"The car bestows the freedom to move, but the built environment must provide the freedom to stop." From that follows so many opportunities destroyed, foreclosed, and squeezed out.
I reviewed Henry Grabar's "Paved Paradise" for
@thebulwark.bsky.social: plus.thebulwark.com/p/huge-effec...
I reviewed Henry Grabar's "Paved Paradise" for
@thebulwark.bsky.social: plus.thebulwark.com/p/huge-effec...
The Huge Effect of Parking Policy on How We Live
A century of decisions about where we put our cars has remade the American landscape and profoundly affects our lives and well-being.
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February 29, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Excellent review of Henry Grabar's Paved Paradise. #parkingreform
Agreed on #ParkingReform and eliminating parking minimums.
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Agreed on #ParkingReform and eliminating parking minimums.
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Super excited to be moderating this panel discussion!
Not too late to register!
#parkingreform
#urbanista
#reina👑
Not too late to register!
#parkingreform
#urbanista
#reina👑
Join us on Wednesday, May 7th at 12 PM PT for a provocative discussion exploring the intersection of urban design and gender equity with:
- Anna Zivarts, author of When Driving Is Not an Option
- Paula Tovar, Architect and Urbanist at UNStudio
- Ann Cheng, PRN Board Member
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- Anna Zivarts, author of When Driving Is Not an Option
- Paula Tovar, Architect and Urbanist at UNStudio
- Ann Cheng, PRN Board Member
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What Does Parking Reform Have To Do With Feminism? · Zoom · Luma
Curious about the intersection of gender and parking reform? Join our panel discussion to explore the surprising links between feminism and the fight for…
lu.ma
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Super excited to be moderating this panel discussion!
Not too late to register!
#parkingreform
#urbanista
#reina👑
Not too late to register!
#parkingreform
#urbanista
#reina👑
Now check out the new 8-page white paper by Scott on the transformative impact of New Zealand's removal of parking mandates across the country. #parkingreform www.mrcagney.com/about/blog/p... cc @parkingreform.org @tonyjordan.bsky.social @patricksiegman.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Now check out the new 8-page white paper by Scott on the transformative impact of New Zealand's removal of parking mandates across the country. #parkingreform www.mrcagney.com/about/blog/p... cc @parkingreform.org @tonyjordan.bsky.social @patricksiegman.bsky.social
Parking Day is here!
Today, communities around the world are transforming parking spaces into places for people, joy, and connection. 💛
📍 Find an installation near you: myparkingday.org
📸 Share your parklet, tag us @parkingreform, and join the global movement.
Today, communities around the world are transforming parking spaces into places for people, joy, and connection. 💛
📍 Find an installation near you: myparkingday.org
📸 Share your parklet, tag us @parkingreform, and join the global movement.
Park(ing) Day
myparkingday.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Parking Day is here!
Today, communities around the world are transforming parking spaces into places for people, joy, and connection. 💛
📍 Find an installation near you: myparkingday.org
📸 Share your parklet, tag us @parkingreform, and join the global movement.
Today, communities around the world are transforming parking spaces into places for people, joy, and connection. 💛
📍 Find an installation near you: myparkingday.org
📸 Share your parklet, tag us @parkingreform, and join the global movement.
Revisit & share this 💯🧵 on the folly of forcing everyone to use a full-sized shopping cart when a handcart or a bag will do.
Read it thru! #WarOnCarts
Also imagine carts aren't shared and can't be stored folded together, but have to sit separately, awaiting their private owners. #ParkingReform
Read it thru! #WarOnCarts
Also imagine carts aren't shared and can't be stored folded together, but have to sit separately, awaiting their private owners. #ParkingReform
Imagine if, tomorrow, everyone at the Williamsburg Trader Joe's was forced to shop with a full-sized cart.
No matter how urgent their trip, or how few groceries they needed, they *had* to take up a cart's worth of floor space.
This is our city on cars.
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No matter how urgent their trip, or how few groceries they needed, they *had* to take up a cart's worth of floor space.
This is our city on cars.
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January 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Revisit & share this 💯🧵 on the folly of forcing everyone to use a full-sized shopping cart when a handcart or a bag will do.
Read it thru! #WarOnCarts
Also imagine carts aren't shared and can't be stored folded together, but have to sit separately, awaiting their private owners. #ParkingReform
Read it thru! #WarOnCarts
Also imagine carts aren't shared and can't be stored folded together, but have to sit separately, awaiting their private owners. #ParkingReform
A satirical (hopefully!) view of a home having the same parking requirements as a Costco or Walmart.
Don't build enough parking for the one peak day out of 365.
#ParkingReform
[ municipal density
city missing middle
parking mandate
subsidized
outlier ]
Don't build enough parking for the one peak day out of 365.
#ParkingReform
[ municipal density
city missing middle
parking mandate
subsidized
outlier ]
August 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A satirical (hopefully!) view of a home having the same parking requirements as a Costco or Walmart.
Don't build enough parking for the one peak day out of 365.
#ParkingReform
[ municipal density
city missing middle
parking mandate
subsidized
outlier ]
Don't build enough parking for the one peak day out of 365.
#ParkingReform
[ municipal density
city missing middle
parking mandate
subsidized
outlier ]
TCU turned a parking lot into paradise, creating a new heart of the campus. #TCU #ParkingReform #UrbanDesign #Placemaking
December 2, 2024 at 8:50 PM
TCU turned a parking lot into paradise, creating a new heart of the campus. #TCU #ParkingReform #UrbanDesign #Placemaking
⬇️⬇️Get up to speed on amendments etc of the #WAleg #parkingreform bill.
The gist, of course, is--more homes! more affordable living! unblock housing in cities; encourage +make possible community needs--daycares, senior living, affordable housing, momNpops.
Less mindless, expensive, empty pavement.
The gist, of course, is--more homes! more affordable living! unblock housing in cities; encourage +make possible community needs--daycares, senior living, affordable housing, momNpops.
Less mindless, expensive, empty pavement.
Parking requirements paired with new commercial spaces would be capped at one stall per 1,000 square feet. Furthermore, parking could not be required as a condition of allowing a broad array of specific types of development…
Though it was amended to exclude cities with less than 20,000 residents, Senate Bill 5184 still represents one of the most robust statewide parking reform packages to move forward in any state. It now must pass the House.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...
February 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
⬇️⬇️Get up to speed on amendments etc of the #WAleg #parkingreform bill.
The gist, of course, is--more homes! more affordable living! unblock housing in cities; encourage +make possible community needs--daycares, senior living, affordable housing, momNpops.
Less mindless, expensive, empty pavement.
The gist, of course, is--more homes! more affordable living! unblock housing in cities; encourage +make possible community needs--daycares, senior living, affordable housing, momNpops.
Less mindless, expensive, empty pavement.
A $250K parking space is more than a curiosity it’s a window into how parking, housing, infrastructure + climate are connected.
🎙️ New PRN podcast with Tushar Kansal of Pew.
🏙️ See him at The Urban Climate Solution during Climate Week NYC: www.urbanclimatesolution.org
#ParkingReform #ClimateWeekNYC
🎙️ New PRN podcast with Tushar Kansal of Pew.
🏙️ See him at The Urban Climate Solution during Climate Week NYC: www.urbanclimatesolution.org
#ParkingReform #ClimateWeekNYC
September 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
A $250K parking space is more than a curiosity it’s a window into how parking, housing, infrastructure + climate are connected.
🎙️ New PRN podcast with Tushar Kansal of Pew.
🏙️ See him at The Urban Climate Solution during Climate Week NYC: www.urbanclimatesolution.org
#ParkingReform #ClimateWeekNYC
🎙️ New PRN podcast with Tushar Kansal of Pew.
🏙️ See him at The Urban Climate Solution during Climate Week NYC: www.urbanclimatesolution.org
#ParkingReform #ClimateWeekNYC
After a good debate, #oakforest city council voted to end parking mandates tonight! #parkingreform can be achieved! Thanks to OF Staff, City Council, PZC members, and our dedicated @strongtowns.org members! #strongtowns
August 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
After a good debate, #oakforest city council voted to end parking mandates tonight! #parkingreform can be achieved! Thanks to OF Staff, City Council, PZC members, and our dedicated @strongtowns.org members! #strongtowns
Also in the transit bill passed today was a provision to stop parking mandates for developments in areas served by transit
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#ParkingReform
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#ParkingReform
Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to right-size parking requirements in transit-served areas - Streetsblog Chicago
At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the fiscal cliff, structurally close budget ...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Also in the transit bill passed today was a provision to stop parking mandates for developments in areas served by transit
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/31/i...
#ParkingReform
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#ParkingReform
The Bottom-Up Revolution podcast from @strongtowns.org featured Strong Towns Nanaimo's #parkingreform success story as an 18 minute "Bottom-Up Short" this week. www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025... cc @parkingreform.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The Bottom-Up Revolution podcast from @strongtowns.org featured Strong Towns Nanaimo's #parkingreform success story as an 18 minute "Bottom-Up Short" this week. www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025... cc @parkingreform.org
The U.S. would have so much more room for housing & shops without excessive parking requirements.
At Culdesac, we aim to prove that it's possible to build successful mixed-use and climate-adapted housing without residential parking, even in sprawled cities.
#carfree #parkingreform
At Culdesac, we aim to prove that it's possible to build successful mixed-use and climate-adapted housing without residential parking, even in sprawled cities.
#carfree #parkingreform
November 26, 2024 at 8:05 AM
The U.S. would have so much more room for housing & shops without excessive parking requirements.
At Culdesac, we aim to prove that it's possible to build successful mixed-use and climate-adapted housing without residential parking, even in sprawled cities.
#carfree #parkingreform
At Culdesac, we aim to prove that it's possible to build successful mixed-use and climate-adapted housing without residential parking, even in sprawled cities.
#carfree #parkingreform
Parkovací minima jsme převzali z USA. Zajímavé na to je to, že u nás jsou celostátně dána s nějakým prostorem samospráv pro úpravu (skrz součinitele), zatímco tam jsou na úrovni jednotlivých měst.
A právě na úrovni jednotlivých měst probíhají snahy o jejich zrušení. Víc na #parkingReform.
A právě na úrovni jednotlivých měst probíhají snahy o jejich zrušení. Víc na #parkingReform.
Parkovací minima pro autoservis jsou jak minima na počet lidí, co se vejdou do supermarketu. K čemu to má vůbec být?
March 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Parkovací minima jsme převzali z USA. Zajímavé na to je to, že u nás jsou celostátně dána s nějakým prostorem samospráv pro úpravu (skrz součinitele), zatímco tam jsou na úrovni jednotlivých měst.
A právě na úrovni jednotlivých měst probíhají snahy o jejich zrušení. Víc na #parkingReform.
A právě na úrovni jednotlivých měst probíhají snahy o jejich zrušení. Víc na #parkingReform.
RIP to a true scholar and original thinker.
Cities for people -- not for cars! Thank you, Donald Shoup.
#parkingreform #completestreets #pedbike #excessparkingruinscities #endparkingmandates #urbanism
Cities for people -- not for cars! Thank you, Donald Shoup.
#parkingreform #completestreets #pedbike #excessparkingruinscities #endparkingmandates #urbanism
I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
February 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
RIP to a true scholar and original thinker.
Cities for people -- not for cars! Thank you, Donald Shoup.
#parkingreform #completestreets #pedbike #excessparkingruinscities #endparkingmandates #urbanism
Cities for people -- not for cars! Thank you, Donald Shoup.
#parkingreform #completestreets #pedbike #excessparkingruinscities #endparkingmandates #urbanism
Please join us this October for a book talk and celebration of the incredible life and work of distinguished professor of urban planning Donald Shoup.
Register for the event here www.eventbrite.com/e...
#Shoupista #ParkingPolicy #ParkingReform
Register for the event here www.eventbrite.com/e...
#Shoupista #ParkingPolicy #ParkingReform
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Donald Shoup
The Department of Urban Planning and UCLA ITS celebrate and remember the life and work of Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Donald Shoup.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Please join us this October for a book talk and celebration of the incredible life and work of distinguished professor of urban planning Donald Shoup.
Register for the event here www.eventbrite.com/e...
#Shoupista #ParkingPolicy #ParkingReform
Register for the event here www.eventbrite.com/e...
#Shoupista #ParkingPolicy #ParkingReform
TOMORROW, 1/24: WA's #parkingreform bill is scheduled for public hearing at 10:30am.
SB 5184 would free homebuilders and businesses from the arbitrary, excessive mandates that drive up costs or kill projects. #WALeg
SB 5184 would free homebuilders and businesses from the arbitrary, excessive mandates that drive up costs or kill projects. #WALeg
Washington State Legislature
app.leg.wa.gov
January 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
TOMORROW, 1/24: WA's #parkingreform bill is scheduled for public hearing at 10:30am.
SB 5184 would free homebuilders and businesses from the arbitrary, excessive mandates that drive up costs or kill projects. #WALeg
SB 5184 would free homebuilders and businesses from the arbitrary, excessive mandates that drive up costs or kill projects. #WALeg
WA watching CT, CT watching WA! #parkingreform inspo!!!
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
WA watching CT, CT watching WA! #parkingreform inspo!!!
Hey! We've been working away on #parkingreform campaigns + also testing how best to **talk about parking reforms ** including qualitative + survey message testing! There's more to figure out in this space, but here's our preliminary recommendations + talking points! www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/h...
How to Talk About Parking Reform—and Win | Sightline Institute
A road-tested parking messaging guide, to gain more great neighborhoods and the homes we need, and to kick costly empty asphalt to the curb.
www.sightline.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hey! We've been working away on #parkingreform campaigns + also testing how best to **talk about parking reforms ** including qualitative + survey message testing! There's more to figure out in this space, but here's our preliminary recommendations + talking points! www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/h...