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Catie Gould

Catie Gould (pronounced “Go͝old”) is a senior transportation researcher for Sightline Institute, specializing in parking policy. Her research and reporting have helped numerous jurisdictions reduce or repeal their parking mandates. Catie brings a decade of experience in engineering and data analysis to her work at Sightline. Prior to joining the organization, she also led BikeLoud PDX, advocating for better bike and bus infrastructure in Portland, and wrote about local transportation issues. She holds a bachelor’s degree in material science and a master’s in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Originally from rural Maine, Catie loves exploring new cities, camping, and playing music. She lives in Portland. Find her latest research here. Email her at catie@sightline.org , or follow her on Twitter or Bluesky.

Catie Gould

Catie Gould

Latest articles

Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent

Takeaways Making parking fully flexible could unlock more new homes than other land use reforms combined, according to new research ...
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Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare

Takeaways Children can’t drive cars. Yet across Cascadia, onerous rules defining how much parking new daycares must provide on-site are ...
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Washington’s Most Parking-Burdened Towns and Cities

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Middle ...
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Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Earlier this ...
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Bellingham’s Parking Reform Pilot Pays Off

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. Bellingham’s industrial ...
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Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform

Takeaways Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. In ...
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Inside Minnesota’s People over Parking Act, with Chris Meyer

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. If Minnesota ...
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How Parking Ratios Kill Homes

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. The trouble ...
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From Vermont to Oklahoma, Legislatures Challenge Parking Mandates

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. In the ...
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Parking Mandates Are Vanishing Across Oregon

Takeaways Oregon’s multi-phase parking reform incentivized cities to repeal all parking mandates. Seven Oregon cities have done so, with many ...
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Montana’s Big Bipartisan Housing Deal

Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. UPDATE 05/19/23: ...
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Parking Reform Legalized Most of the New Homes in Buffalo and Seattle

Takeaways Parking mandates are a binding constraint on most housing. Sixty to seventy percent of new homes permitted in Seattle ...
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