Anchorage Assembly Unites to End Parking Mandates
Takeaways Anchorage, Alaska, has eliminated all car parking requirements citywide. Reducing barriers to building much-needed housing in the city united Assembly members across political differences with a unanimous vote. The ...
Author: Catie Gould
How Portland’s Form of Government Makes It Hard to Find Parking
Takeaways Four years ago, Portland’s council approved a plan to modernize curbside parking rules and prices. The policy has yet to take effect. Turf wars and an unpredictable sequence of ...
Author: Catie Gould
Big Reforms, Big Growth: Buffalo’s Parking Rewrite Pays Off
As more cities and states lift costly parking mandates, what will happen next? Chris Hawley has seen the future. Hawley, first as an activist, then as a city planner in ...
Author: Catie Gould
Is Anchorage Suffering from a Parking Glut?
For Immediate Release: October 10, 2022 Media Contacts: Jeannette Lee, Senior Researcher and Alaska Lead jeannette@sightline.org, @JLee907 Catie Gould, Transportation Researcher catie@sightline.org, @Citizen_Cate ANCHORAGE, AK – The Anchorage Assembly is ...
Author: Steph Routh
Save Anchorage from Parking Mandates
Takeaways Like cities across America, Anchorage tends to overbuild parking. Returning control over parking decisions to property owners and businesses can help to right-size parking to each site’s unique needs. ...
Author: Jeannette Lee
Oregon Just Slashed Parking Mandates. 5 Things That Might Happen Next
This article is part of the series Parking? Lots! On Thursday, Oregon approved the largest rollback to parking mandates in modern US history. The unanimous vote by the state’s land ...
Author: Michael Andersen
Affordable Housing in Oregon Is About to Catch a Big Break from Parking Mandates
This article is part of the series The Costs of Parking Mandates Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. ...
Author: Catie Gould
Oregon Nears Green Light for Big Parking Reform
This article is part of the series Parking? Lots! Update, July 21: Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission unanimously approved these rules on a permanent basis. The first round of ...
