Richard Day wrote:
UCLA professor and parking expert Donald Shoup estimates that in Chicago an above-ground parking spot costs about $29,000 to build, and an underground spot comes in at a cool $36,000. And because those minimum parking rules force builders to create a large number of extra empty spots, the actual rate buildings ca...
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Roger Rudick wrote:
Berlin has the highest share of people walking, biking, and using public transit to work (86%) of all European capitals. Not surprising, considering only one third of Berliners own a car. Astoundingly, there are more people biking in Berlin than in the four other major European capitals combined! Read it and weep...
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Strong Towns wrote:
You may have noticed that bike lane projects tend to draw ire from neighborhood residents, but once they’re actually in place, residents realize they like their community when it’s more people centered and less car centered. Moreover, they tend to vote to reelect local leaders who implemented the bike projects in the...
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Kea Wilson wrote:
City residents must massively increase the percentage of journeys they take on public transportation and using active modes within 10 years if the world is going to meet its climate targets, a new report argues — but federal governments aren’t stepping up to make it happen.
The new study delivered to climate leader...
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James Brasuell wrote:
Radical Rethink: Couple Mobility and Housing
To solve this Gordian Knot, mobility and housing could be and should be coupled. Many of America’s largest cities have major interchanges usually with adjacent unused patches of land. Using the city of Los Angeles as an example, some of its major interchanges include the 405/10...
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MBomis wrote:
There is no one singular solution to Utah’s Housing Crisis. Rather, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has identified five “best practices” for meeting the housing affordability challenge in Utah. This article will explain how transit-oriented developments not only increases affordable housing but also decreases transportation costs, is good for the environment an...
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Steve Wright wrote:
As a planner and planning storyteller, I love walkable places; mixed-use, wide sidewalks; bike paths; premium transit; parks; transit-oriented development; compact development; and the like. But for many years, I wasn’t good at practicing what I preached.
Then COVID hit and I could work from home, so I wasn’t in the ca...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:
Gutierrez recommends ways that cities can get ahead of this second looming 'carpocalypse.'
Getting rid of parking minimums now and allowing developers to redevelop existing parking, for instance, is a smart way to prepare for a future where a small number of driverless vehicles circle the city and only stop to pic...
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Wyatt Gordon (Op-Ed) wrote:
Public good, private payment
The bus doesn’t care if you can’t afford a car, if your disability disallows driving, or if you’ve just had one too many drinks. As long as you’re waiting at a stop, the bus will pick you up and carry you home—no questions asked. The bus epitomize...
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Melanie Curry wrote:
Automated vehicle (AV) hype has soared in recent years. While overblown promises never materialized, investment has continued and progress has been made in bringing them closer to market. Over fifty companies now have permits to test fully automated vehicles in California. A handful of AV-taxi companies even hold permits to test withou...
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