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2021 Boston Ordinance Regulating Predatory Towing Practices

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Boston City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Transportation & Mobility

This ordinance regulates the towing industry in Boston in order to prevent predatory towing practices that harm consumers. It establishes specific requirements for towing companies, including mandatory signage, reporting requirements, mandatory displaying of rates schedules, compensation...

SFpark: Putting Theory Into Practice

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

As a federally-funded demonstration, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) purposefully and openly shares information about implementing the SFpark pilot project that other cities might find useful as they consider how to manage parking. This book summarizes the...

SFpark Pilot Project Evaluation Summary: A summary of the SFMTA's evaluation of the SFpark pilot project

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

SFpark was a federally-funded demonstration of a new approach to managing parking. It used better information, including real-time data where parking is available, and demand-responsive parking pricing to help make parking easier to find....

2011 Austin Ordinance 1006-053 Ordinance Establishing a Parking Benefit District

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Austin

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance establishes a parking benefit district program. A parking benefit district is an area in which a percentage of the funds collected from a paid parking space is used to fund improvements that promote walking, cycling, and public transit within the district. This ordinance...

Factors Affecting Residential Parking Occupancy in Madison, Wisconsin

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Wisconsin

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

To manage parking provisions and minimize the negative impacts of excess parking effectively, policy makers need a full understanding of how much existing parking is used and how factors affect its use. This paper presents a study of multi-family residential parking occupancy and...

2014 Houston Ordinance 591 Establishing a Parking Benefit District

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Houston

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance designates Houston's Washington Avenue Corridor as a parking benefit district. All fees and revenues generated from the use of parking meters in a parking benefit district shall be used to fund administrative costs of parking meters (i.e. signage, enforcement, maintenance)...

Muskegon Off-Street Parking Standards

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City Of Muskegon

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

This document establishes vehicular and bicycle off-street parking standards. This code focuses heavily on incremental infill development, which will enable applicants and the City to strategically accommodate parking needs while not comprising the urban form desired within downtown...

Reconnecting Fort Wayne: Transportation Management Associations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, Indiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This report discusses the potential for Transportation Management Associations (TMAs) to increase transportation choice locally; by promoting walking and cycling, implementing a universal pass program, managing parking pricing, and creating commuter services like ride-sharing and...

Contemporary Approaches to Parking Pricing: A Primer

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source U.S. Dept Of Transportation Federal Highway Administration

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

United States drivers were introduced to the concept of paid, on-street parking in 1935 when the first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City. In the ensuing decades little was done to improve the basic tools or processes of parking pricing. Many cities arbitrarily set fixed...

Effects of Parking Provision on Automobile Use in Cities: Inferring Causality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Many cities include minimum parking requirements in their zoning codes and provide ample parking for public use. However, parking is costly to provide and encourages increased automobile use, which is linked to traffic congestion, environmental degradation, and negative health and...

The Power of Parking: A New Parking Paradigm for Kingston?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) -

Source City of Kingston

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Too much parking takes up massive amounts of space, costs significant amounts of money, induces more driving, counteracts efforts to promote walking, biking, and public transit, increases GHG emissions, and overall makes a city less healthy and equitable. This report outlines the...

Who Pays for Parking: How Federal Tax Subsidies Jam More Cars into Congested Cities, and How Cities Can Reclaim Their Streets

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

The federal tax benefit for commuter parking excludes the value of commuter parking provided by employers from the calculation of a worker’s taxable income. The “check” is bigger for people who make more money or work in the downtown areas of major cities, but the costs of the program...

Cutting the Cost of Parking Requirements

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Access Magazine

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Public Safety

This brief examines the detrimental effects of minimum parking requirements and advocates for parking management reforms. Minimum parking requirements increase costs, traffic congestion, pollution, and limit affordable housing development. The brief also recommends the reduction...

The New Transportation Demand Management: An Implementation Guide for City Officials

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Nelson Nygaard

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Transportation demand management (TDM) programs support and incentivize healthier, more environmentally sustainable transportation behaviors. This report provides an overview of the most prominent and effective options cities can take to advance TDM objectives; these include congestion...

goBerkeley Pilot Program Results and Next Steps

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City of Berkeley City Manager

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

The goBerkeley Pilot Program was launched in Downtown Berkeley, the Elmwood, and Southside/Telegraph in July 2013 with 3 overarching goals: to support economic vitality, to reduce congestion and emissions and to assess the feasibility of expanding the program beyond the 2-year pilot...

Urban Parking: Rational Policy Approaches for Cities and Towns

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

Parking shortages and mismanagement in urban areas have led to increased traffic congestion, higher development and housing costs, and reduced urban vitality. This policy brief demonstrates how cities can reduce traffic, cut pollution, and lower housing costs. Best practices include...

Modernizing Mitigation: A Demand-Centered Approach to Reducing Car Travel

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States, California, Massachusetts, Virginia

Source TransitCenter, State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI), Mayors Innovation Project (MIP), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Policy Areas Community Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Many communities are struggling to reduce traffic congestion and increase transportation accessibility. This modern transportation mitigation guide provides policy makers with urban planning and land use strategies to lower emissions, improve public health, and increase access to...

Moving Los Angeles: Short-Term Policy Options for Improving Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source RAND Corporation

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Traffic congestion in Los Angeles is severe due to a high population density, a high level of per-capita vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and insufficient revenue from gas taxes to expand road capacity. The city should implement pricing strategies to manage peak-hour demand, improve...

Parking Benefit Districts in China

Type Article

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source ACCESS Magazine

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Overcrowded on-street parking and undersupplied public services in low-income neighborhoods calls for parking pricing reforms to manage demand and use the revenue to finance local public services. This policy relates to urban planning, transportation management, and public service...

Santa Rosa Citywide Progressive Parking Management Strategy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City of Santa Rosa

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Cities around the nation face issues with parking congestion, inefficient use of existing parking spaces, and increased parking demand that spills into residential neighborhoods. High-demand areas experience parking shortages and others go underutilized. Santa Rosa's comprehensive...

Turning Small Change Into Big Changes

Type Article

Year 2003

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Access Magazine, Number 23, Fall 2003

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Cities should earmark parking meter revenue for public improvements in the neighborhoods where it is collected, thereby creating a local interest in charging appropriate prices for curb parking. This article outlines the benefits of local redistribution of parking meter revenue, Infrastructure...

Smarter Parking at Transit Stations

Type Article

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source ACCESS Magazine, Number 31, Fall 2007

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Commuters in the Bay Area face difficulties in finding parking spots at BART stations, leading to wasted time and fuel, and deterring potential transit users. This article outlines how smart parking systems that integrate advanced technologies like in-ground sensors, real-time reservation...

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