Reinventing Parking

Reinventing Parking


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Beijing's escape from parking disaster
April 25, 2023

Ten years ago Beijing's parking problems were among the most extreme I had ever seen. How the situation improved is an encouraging story. I learned about it from the article "How Beijing Is Rethinkin

Momentum on Parking Reform
March 29, 2023

This episode of Reinventing Parking is full of encouragement for parking reformers. It's a lively chat with the 's enthusiastic president, Tony Jordan. I checked in with him to talk about the encoura

Walkable Parking in City Cores
February 13, 2023

If you found this podcast, you are probably interested in parking reform. But what do you know about the idea of "park-once-and-walk districts"? Have you heard of the Walkable Parking mindset on urba

Who's been parking in MY street? Insights into residential parking from Liz Taylor
December 28, 2022

I am a great fan of Dr Liz Taylor's research on parking so it was wonderful to interview her recently. We had a long discussion but, for this edition I chose a selection of segments that are mostly ab

Is Singapore parking weird like Singapore?
November 29, 2022

Singapore is quite a weird country. I know. I have lived here for more than 20 years now. But is its parking weird too? And is Singapore a parking reform model to copy? These are important questions,

Oregon's Big Parking Reforms: the Inside Story
October 26, 2022

Oregon recently enacted the most aggressive statewide parking reforms in the United States. The Parking Reform Network webinar about those reforms was such a great "masterclass" on reforming costly p

It's about choice! Edmonton's Open Option parking reform
September 22, 2022

In mid-2020, Edmonton's city council amazed many of us in the parking reform scene by voting to comprehensively remove minimum parking requirements. Edmonton had a unique name for its reform: Open Opt

Delhi parking: a non-profit initiative
August 24, 2022

This month's Reinventing Parking features an encouraging case of a non-profit organization taking the initiative on parking policy in its home city of Delhi. I spoke with Sonal Shah of the Centre for

Let's end sidewalk parking!
July 26, 2022

Reinventing Parking this time tackles the issue of sidewalk parking (or pavement parking or footpath parking). It features me and several other people from around the world. One lesson is to act quick

How to get parking reform done: the New Zealand story
June 09, 2022

Around 90 percent of New Zealand's people now live in areas where parking mandates have been abolished. This bold step was part of national efforts to tackle one of the world's worst housing affordab