The Opportunity of Reforming Parking: A Taming Traffic Deep Dive Report
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“If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.” — Fred Kent, urbanist
Parking reform is on the rise in cities around the world, as many look to repeal parking minimums and better manage and price their on-street parking. On and off-street parking, however, are often not managed by the same city staff members, let alone by the same agency. In order to ensure that parking supply and demand are appropriately balanced, cities must understand parking as a holistic ecosystem, with on- and off-street parking ultimately affecting one another.
In The Opportunity of Reforming Parking report, authors underscore this comprehensive approach to parking through five case studies that represent the shift to managing on and off-street parking together: Zurich, Switzerland; San Francisco, USA; Mexico City, Mexico; Montreal, Canada; and Kigali, Rwanda.
While these cities are in various stages of this process, they all demonstrate unique approaches that policymakers may use to inform their own shift towards unified parking policies. From these case studies, we recommend four primary action items:
- Establish a coordinated vision for parking
- Manage on and off-street parking together
- Understand your parking picture through data
- Carefully structure funding and revenue flows for parking
Learn More
- Continue Reading on the ITDP Blog →
- Download the “Taming Traffic” report →
- View the “Rethinking Parking” infographic →
- View the “Effective Parking Management” infographic →
- Access the Off-Street Parking Simple Calculator Of Project Effects Tool →
- Join the Webinar “From Meters to Mobility: Rethinking Parking in Cities” →
- Read the “Taming Traffic Deep-Dive” Brief on Low Emission Zones →
Interested in learning more about this research or have a press inquiry? Email us at mobility@itdp.org.
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