Local Neighbourhoods Need More Shops and Less Parking - The New Orleans The Convenience of Proximity Families in the suburbs of Ottawa have been sold a specific kind of convenience for the last several generations. It’s a picture that promises that as long as you have a c...

Want more sustainable, walkable communities in Orléans? 🏙️ The latest article discusses why we should prioritize local shops over big box and parking lots to build a better, more connected neighbourhood.🛍️ #LocalBusiness #ParkingMinimums #BuildtheVillage

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Break up the concrete! ⚒️ 🌳

Dallas is way too hot. The city says less pavement could help cool it down

"[Impervious surfaces] absorb 95% of the solar energy that hits them, raising the temperature around them. The goal is to encourage developers to incorporate more green space and trees, which […]

This is great news! Parking mandates not only promote car usage, they also increase asphalt which worsens flooding and urban heat. Great work Shoreline! 🚗 #climatepolicy #cities #parking #sustainability #climatechange #RunOnClimate #parkingminimums

9/15 Parking minimums: a key factor! 🚗 Requiring parking spots per patron impacts bar prevalence & urban sprawl. Less parking = more bars? #parkingMinimums #urbanSprawl #walkableCities

Does it also eliminate all #BikeDenver #ParkingMinimums in #Denver?
Can someone please find out for sure?

End Parking Mandates and Subsidies Parking mandates and subsidies waste productive land on automobile storage. All around North America, the strongest towns and cities are making this common sense change: they are eliminating parking m...

@strongtowns.org 👉 What's Happening Now in the "End Parking Mandates and Subsidies" Campaign
#parkingreform #parkingminimums #landuse #urbanplanning
www.strongtowns.org/parking

Is it ironic that the session on parking minimums is the first one I’ve encountered that is standing room only? 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

#NPC25 #ParkingMinimums #UrbanPlanning #StandingRoomOnly

It's interesting. Volunteering w/ @housingnowto.bsky.social, in 2022 we helped push Toronto towards eliminating #ParkingMinimums. I have to say the anti-bike megaphone within the industry IMHO isn't as big an issue anymore. The math works in their favour to have more bikes. bsky.app/profile/hous...

#parkingminimums

This is the 6 floor parking structure in #beverlyhills 221N Crescent. It has maybe 500 parking spots (conservatively) and I would bet that it's never been more than 30% full. #parkingwaste #lametro #parkingminimums

Looks like there's plenty of parking, though! #UrbanPlanning #ParkingMinimums

When your city has #ParkingMinimums The parking lots are too big even on #BlackFriday #BikeBrampton

F0rk it. They went whole hog, we should, too.

- Stop the GD #Zionists.
- Ban #parkingminimums and #singlefamilyzoning.
- #Universalbasicincome.
- Direct stimulus for developers building affordable condos and townhomes.

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Minutes from now! How excessive arbitrary blanket #parkingminimums rob communities of homes, trees, bedrooms, affordability, mom and pop businesses, daycares, people places, gardens, and on and on…

No retail - dedicated valet for each building
#parkingminimums

Transportation Commission The Transportation Commission advises the County Board on issues related to Arlington’s streets, transit systems, pedestrian traffic, taxicabs and bicycles, as well as how each of these relate to the ...

Starting this month's (technically March's but held on this Feb 29th) #ArlingtonVA Transportation Commission. On the agenda: annual recertification of the county's taxicab ordinance; and a couple of items revising shared/off-site/on-site #ParkingMinimums incl. for athletic facilities.

I frequently see Hartford held up as an example on municipality that has eliminated parking minimums citywide for residential development. Local folks- have you noticed a difference? Impacts positive or negative? #parkingminimums