Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parking

Boston Endorses Parking Reform as Key Green Policy

By Noah Kazis | Apr 23, 2010 | No Comments

An illustration of how Boston will make its transportation system greener. Image: City of Boston "Folks, you ain’t seen nothing yet," Mayor Bloomberg told an Earth Day crowd yesterday. "The best and greenest days are yet to come." The PlaNYC update coming in 2011, he implied, would have a slew of new initiatives to make […]

“30 in 10,” Street Repair, Parking Privatization: The State of the City

By Damien Newton | Apr 21, 2010 | 3 Comments

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Parking Rock Star, Donald Shoup Blasts L.A.’s Parking Policies

By Damien Newton | Mar 24, 2010 | 10 Comments

Gary Rides Bikes explains how "Cash Out Parking" works. It’s no secret that Livable Streets advocates are big fans of the theories of Donald Shoup. The Shoupista that introduced him on Saturday referred to him as "Shoup Dogg," and Streetsblog prefers to sing "Shoup there it is." These kind of salutations for an Economics professor […]

Smart Parking Policy Makes a Difference, Even in Livable Streets Utopias

By Noah Kazis | Mar 24, 2010 | No Comments

The evidence keeps mounting that smart parking policy is an essential tool in the fight to curb traffic. A new study of two German neighborhoods indicates that managing the supply of parking can make streets more livable, even in places that already have great infrastructure for transit, walking, and biking. Eliminating mandatory parking minimums, the […]

KTLA Shocked at Suggestion to Bike or Take Transit to Marathon Finish

By Damien Newton | Mar 18, 2010 | 17 Comments

About half way through the above video, KTLA’s Eric Spillman talks to the L.A. Marathon’s Peter Abraham about the transportation plan for people wishing to be at the end of the marathon. Under KTLA’s banner of "Parking Problems," Abraham rationally explains that you should probably bike (free bike valet!) or take transit to the end […]

Want to Foster Walking, Biking and Transit? You Need Good Parking Policy

By Ben Fried | Feb 23, 2010 | 1 Comment

The high-water mark for American parking policy came in the early 1970s, when cities including New York, Boston, and Portland set limits on off-street parking in their downtowns. They were compelled to do so by lawsuits brought under the Clean Air Act, which used the lever of parking policy to curb traffic and reduce pollution […]

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