Tag: Parking

Parking articles

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  Washington’s Most Parking-Burdened Towns and Cities

  A new Sightline report details the arcane, arbitrary, and pernicious rules blocking homes and businesses across the state.

  Oct 1, 2024
  October 1, 2024

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities

  Three hometown stories show why parking reform is for everyone.

  Sep 4, 2024
  September 4, 2024

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Bellingham’s Parking Reform Pilot Pays Off

  Old Town’s first new building project has more than double the number of homes and less parking than the city’s old code would have allowed. The rest of the city might follow suit.

  May 1, 2024
  May 1, 2024

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Seattle Deserves a Better Comp Plan

  The city can make three critical fixes to its 20-year growth plan: Let middle housing be bigger, allow apartment buildings in more places, and legalize car-free homes everywhere.

  Apr 18, 2024
  April 18, 2024

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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  Washington’s 2024 Short-Session Housing Wins

  Three innovative bills carry forward the momentum of 2023 and complement its measures to legalize less expensive housing.

  Mar 28, 2024
  March 28, 2024

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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  Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform

  As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.

  Mar 18, 2024
  March 18, 2024

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  British Columbia Just Took First Place in Pro-Housing Policy

  In just one month in 2023, the province legalized fourplexes, allowed apartment buildings up to 20 stories near all transit stations, eliminated public hearings for plan-compliant buildings, ended parking requirements in transit-oriented districts, and announced that it is considering single-stair reform.

  Feb 23, 2024
  February 23, 2024

  Daniel Oleksiuk

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/dannyoleksiuk/

  

  Fellow
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  Inside Minnesota’s People over Parking Act, with Chris Meyer

  Making the case for statewide elimination of parking mandates.

  Feb 2, 2024
  February 2, 2024

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Washington Bill Would Legalize Low-cost “Co-living” Homes

  Co-living is an affordable, flexible, community-forward type of housing that serves diverse needs for people in all stages of life.

  Jan 5, 2024
  January 5, 2024

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities
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  How Parking Ratios Kill Homes

  A string of mistakes in one city shows how easily local rules can turn arbitrary and destructive.

  Dec 6, 2023
  December 6, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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