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Detroiters for Parking ReformGreat op-ed today in <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bridgedet313" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bridgedet313</a> on proposed zoning changes that will incrementally cut back on some parking mandates from our friends at Strong Towns Detroit. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/parking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parking</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/strongtowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongtowns</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.chicagocityscape.com/blog/city-council-reduced-parking-mandates-in-a-big-way-today-67f18e3990" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.chicagocityscape.com/blog/city-council-reduced-parking-mandates-in-a-big-way-today-67f18e3990</a> “more housing can get permitted faster, or permitted in the first place, because parking will no longer be a “binding constraint” for new and rehabbed residential uses in transit-served area” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/house-passes-bill-that-would-eliminate-state-parking-minimums/XYFXQBXBFBCK5HXGHAZTKJ5KCY/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/house-passes-bill-that-would-eliminate-state-parking-minimums/XYFXQBXBFBCK5HXGHAZTKJ5KCY/</a> “Groups, including the Catawba Riverkeeper, championed the bill as a way to help reduce pollution from stormwater runoff and reduce localized flooding.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/NCLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NCLeg</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/CleanWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanWater</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flooding</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/how-to-talk-about-parking-reform-and-win/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/how-to-talk-about-parking-reform-and-win/</a> “Parking policy shapes our lives. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/walkable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walkable</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/WarOnCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WarOnCars</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates“Parking is a government-mandated tax on new housing and small businesses that we want, and the result that we get from it is more pavement, more air pollution, more tire dust, 6PPDQ pollution, and we know that it drives more traffic” <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/06/bremerton-becomes-latest-washington-city-to-ditch-parking-mandates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/06/bremerton-becomes-latest-washington-city-to-ditch-parking-mandates/</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Bremerton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bremerton</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/CleanAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CleanAir</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-parking-reform-local-business-walkability/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-parking-reform-local-business-walkability/</a> “This is barely incremental compared to what other cities are doing. But at least it's taking us in the right direction from the 1960s, where the parking code still rules in most of our city." <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dallas</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/walkability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walkability</a>

Drošās ielas (Safe Streets)Lasāmviela auto mīļotājiem. Un tiem, kam sirdī pilsētas, kurās ērti un droši pārvietoties var arī bez auto. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-23/can-automotive-influencer-matt-farah-save-cities-from-cars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-23/can-automotive-influencer-matt-farah-save-cities-from-cars</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.thedowneypatriot.com/articles/rep-garcia-reintroduces-people-over-parking-act-to-address-housing-shortage-promote-walkable-communities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thedowneypatriot.com/articles/rep-garcia-reintroduces-people-over-parking-act-to-address-housing-shortage-promote-walkable-communities</a> “We shouldn’t be paving parking lots where homes, stores, and restaurants should be” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://virginiamercury.com/2025/03/24/youngkin-vetoes-minimum-wage-hike-prescription-affordability-board-bills/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://virginiamercury.com/2025/03/24/youngkin-vetoes-minimum-wage-hike-prescription-affordability-board-bills/</a> Unfortunately the popular bipartisan <a href="https://cville.online/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solar</a> legislation I talked about before has been vetoed. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/VALeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VALeg</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/06/fairfax-county-legislator-wants-to-redirect-solar-projects-from-farmland-to-parking-lots-but-theres-a-catch/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/06/fairfax-county-legislator-wants-to-redirect-solar-projects-from-farmland-to-parking-lots-but-theres-a-catch/</a> “We have seas and seas of large parking lots associated with office buildings, big box stores and strip malls that have potential to generate lots of energy” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#virginia</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solar</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortage</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parking</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.29news.com/2025/01/23/charlottesville-changes-overnight-parking-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.29news.com/2025/01/23/charlottesville-changes-overnight-parking-rules/</a> I’m excited to see this piece of <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> going live in <a href="https://cville.online/tags/cville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cville</a> . One way to address the unlimited desire for unpriced and convenient vehicle storage on public lands is to make better use of that limited and costly space.

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://cob.org/news/2025/city-passes-interim-ordinance-to-eliminate-parking-requirements" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cob.org/news/2025/city-passes-interim-ordinance-to-eliminate-parking-requirements</a> “Considering the state of housing availability and affordability in Bellingham, prioritizing use of land for housing people instead of parking vehicles just makes sense” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Bellingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bellingham</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/americanfietser.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@americanfietser.com</a> Not a lot of free lunches in urban land use but <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> is probably the closest we have

Lyle Solla-YatesIt was very helpful and sort of joyful to meet with our counterparts in the County. It is hard for us to solve problems separately. I hope it is easier to solve problems together. I used my time to talk up <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoningreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoningreform</a> , <a href="https://cville.online/tags/landvaluetax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landvaluetax</a> , and <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> and tying capital improvement planning to comprehensive planning and shouted out <a href="https://sfba.social/@alfredtwu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alfredtwu</a> ‘s wonderful <a href="https://cville.online/tags/missingsmall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#missingsmall</a> graphic <a href="https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~atwu/alfred/art/missing-small.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~atwu/alfred/art/missing-small.jpg</a>

Korawich KaveeI made this two years ago. It's a dashboard with a map of car parking prices around Pittsburgh. The darker the color, the higher the price. Zoom in to each area to make the chart change according to the area.<a href="https://carnegiemellon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/2dcab611d2934e5797830557421cd992" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://carnegiemellon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/2dcab611d2934e5797830557421cd992</a>many thanks to data from <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/pghparking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pghparking</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PGHParking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGHParking</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pittsburgh</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/WhereToPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhereToPark</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Map</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Pricing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pricing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/carpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carpark</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/10/02/op-ed-eliminating-parking-mandate-is-the-central-piece-of-city-of-yes-plan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/10/02/op-ed-eliminating-parking-mandate-is-the-central-piece-of-city-of-yes-plan</a> “No single legislative action did more to contribute to housing creation than the elimination of parking minimums” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nyc</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortage</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/cityofyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cityofyes</a>

Detroiters for Parking ReformIt's a wrap on another impactful Park(ing) Day Weekend! About 25 folks from near and far walked a 1.5-mile route to see how the automobile, and in particular surface parking, have altered the urban fabric near the Detroit River. At the conclusion, we all had some time to connect, rehydrate and take some easy action by writing e-mails to our <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> elected representatives asking them to support parking reform. Couldn't make it? You can still take action: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17-pnxwwCNYeIw13mo_D_-hcZPB1XrSB9I2znFiDFsHw/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/17-pnxwwCNYeIw13mo_D_-hcZPB1XrSB9I2znFiDFsHw/edit?usp=sharing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a>

Detroiters for Parking ReformIf you're in the Detroit area, join us for our 3rd Annual Park(ing) Day Weekend Walking Tour of Detroit's most (in)famous parking lots. This year our focus is on the East Riverfront. With big news this year concerning the future of the Renaissance Center and removal of I-375, we'll look at the untapped potential of an area dominated by surface parking and garages on the shores of the Detroit River. <a href="https://www.reformdetroitparking.org/walk-with-us-on-parking-day-weekend/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reformdetroitparking.org/walk-with-us-on-parking-day-weekend/</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/midwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#midwest</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/walkability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walkability</a>

Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦These climate activists are calling for parking reform in DallasWhile critics worry it could increase the number of cars parked on the street and make parking more difficult to find, proponents say the update to the decades-old parking ordinance would cut down on unused space and help the city grow economically.<a href="https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-08-21/climate-activists-parking-reform-dallas-sunrise-movement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-08-21/climate-activists-parking-reform-dallas-sunrise-movement</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dallas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KERA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KERA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParkingMinimums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingMinimums</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenSpaces</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeatIndex</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanHeatIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanHeatIsland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>

Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/2/7/the-best-argument-for-parking-mandates-is-still-wrong" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/2/7/the-best-argument-for-parking-mandates-is-still-wrong</a> “This one simple policy change stands to benefit the financial health of local governments, the viability of small businesses, the affordability of urban housing, and efforts to build climate resilience and manage stormwater more effectively” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/parkingreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parkingreform</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/economicdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economicdevelopment</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/cleanwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cleanwater</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoning</a>

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