Parking
Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare
But cities can ditch these arbitrary rules and help families out of the daycare desert.
Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities
Three hometown stories show why parking reform is for everyone.
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.
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.
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.
Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform
As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.
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.
Inside Minnesota’s People over Parking Act, with Chris Meyer
Making the case for statewide elimination of parking mandates.
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.
How Parking Ratios Kill Homes
A string of mistakes in one city shows how easily local rules can turn arbitrary and destructive.
