What If Atlanta Taxed Parking to Keep Housing Affordable?
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A tax on parking could generate funds for affordable housing and transit in Atlanta. The question is whether the city has the political appetite to enact it.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking
NYC Could Do So Much More With the Space Parking Consumes
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As part of the recently-launched Streetopia campaign, Clarence put together this short overview of how cities including Zurich, Tokyo, and Olso are removing parking to curb traffic and improve other forms of transportation. New York could learn a few things.
American Cities Are Chipping Away at the Burden of Parking Mandates
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For people who live in cities with good transit, the decision to drive or take the bus or train often comes down to parking. If parking is cheap and abundant, more people will drive. And yet transit-rich cities across the United States, including NYC, continue to require parking in new developments.
Video Proof That NYC Will Do Just Fine Without All This Parking
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How important is all this street parking, really? What does the city get in return for giving the vast majority of it away for free? Not much, as this video from Transportation Alternatives organizer Luke Ohlson demonstrates.
Parking Reform Has Big Implications for Sustainable Transit — and for Ride-Hailing, Too
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Cities have traditionally eliminated parking requirements to encourage walking, bicycling, and transit. But it can also aid the rise of on-demand car services, two top parking policy experts say.
How Long Will NYC Let Parking Mandates Stand in the Way of Affordability?
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One year after Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing reforms reduced some parking requirements, momentum is building to finish the job.