Against steep odds, Bridgeport just scored a major win for parking reform. They defeated a push to reinstate costly parking mandates by a single vote. This victory preserves the city’s 2021 reforms, which have already unlocked stalled housing projects and revitalized vacant lots. But the fight wasn’t easy: Facing backlash over one parking-free development, opponents nearly rolled back progress until a coalition of developers, housing advocates, and transit riders rallied to defend the pol...| Parking Reform Network
Bridgeport saved parking reform by just one vote, defeating a push to bring back costly mandates. See how advocates organized this crucial win.| Parking Reform Network
In Duncanville, Texas, developer Monte Anderson saw potential in the Wheatland Plaza strip mall and is now transforming it into 16 affordable townhomes. His project, a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, demonstrates how underused land can be repurposed to benefit communities. It turns out that small-scale, incremental development can actually have a big impact.| Parking Reform Network
In this interview, Hilko Janssen discusses how living in the Netherlands shaped his vision for the game, why he cloaked sharp critique in bright, cheerful visuals, and how Car Park Capital turns parking-lot dystopia into strangely compelling gameplay.| Parking Reform Network
Parking mandates impose a hidden "tax" on new housing, driving up costs and limiting affordability. A new analysis by MapCraft reveals how parking mandates widen the gap between construction costs and what median-income households can afford. Even reducing parking requirements from two stalls per unit to zero can slash needed subsidies by hundreds of dollars, freeing up funds to build more homes. Dive into the data to see how parking reform could unlock affordable housing in your city.| Parking Reform Network
I will be serving as administrative support for Tony and the PRN staff, in order to help keep everything running smoothly and, more importantly, to allow you all more time to focus on your primary passions, functions and allow you each to make an even larger impact than before I arrived.| Parking Reform Network
We’ve compiled a list of six must-read books that will engage you with the diverse audiences and the intersecting issues that touch all aspects of parking reform.| Parking Reform Network
In Spokane, we didn’t eliminate parking mandates all at once but incrementally over different policy proposals over a couple of years. We went about this in a bipartisan way by building a coalition around common goals such as reducing the price of housing. Our efforts included a diverse range of housing interest groups including housing builders and low-income housing groups who are often pitted against each other but were able to find common ground on this policy change.| Parking Reform Network
In honor of our president, Tony Jordan, being selected as one of the Grist 50 climate leaders for 2024, we’re highlighting the various ways that parking reform is a keystone of climate action.| Parking Reform Network
My conversation with PRN President Tony Jordan last December was pivotal in addressing my master's thesis research question: How do the factors observed in individual municipalities support and/or explain observed patterns of widespread reform adoption? My study, which combines quantitative data and interviews with city officials and advocates, reveals the diverse motivations and challenges behind these reforms.| Parking Reform Network
The Economic Report of the President, released annually by the Council of Economic Advisors, offers a telling glimpse into the policy priorities at the highest levels of American government.| Parking Reform Network
Whether your city needs abundant, affordable housing, more bike lanes or transit improvements, parking policy and parking politics are always an obstacle.| Parking Reform Network
Photo by Jonathan Maus – BikePortland Parking policy reform is an impactful — but often neglected — issue. By donating to the Parking Reform Network you are helping to build a parking reform movement.| Parking Reform Network
Washington state recently enacted one of the most ambitious parking reforms. A coalition of 56+ organizations helped make SB 5184 a reality.| Parking Reform Network
A map of cities which have reduced or eliminated costly car parking mandates (parking requirements).| Parking Reform Network
Explore how much land cities dedicate to parking in over 100 major cities included on the map below. Click the drop-down icon in the upper right corner to select a city and use the popup info card on…| Parking Reform Network