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Los Angeles: Ticketing rule for parking at broken meters overturned
Los Angeles finally ended its three-year-old ticketing rule for drivers who park at broken meters, thanks to recently installed high-tech parking meters. Although most citizens welcomed the move, some believe this could make matters worse. Until a few days ago, drivers leaving their cars at broken parking meters in the city risked getting a ticket. […]
The Netherlands gets its first smart parking system
Zoetermeer, the third largest city in the South Holland province of The Netherlands, becomes the country’s first to install a smart parking system as workers begin embedding the round, wireless parking sensors into each parking space in the city’s center. Once embedded, the sensors work by detecting a vehicle’s presence, information it then sends to […]
Palo Alto considers parking plans for its downtown
In what city staff promise to be the first of several public meetings on the issue, residents last week considered parking options for downtown Palo Alto, California. The city, like many on the peninsula, imposes a two-hour time limit per spot, but curbside parking on its downtown streets is otherwise free. This policy has contributed […]
Sustainable parking? Catering to commuters and the environment
Whether it’s a major city, popular beach or densely packed college town, sustainable parking comes down to being friendly to the environment, as well as those who work, visit and live nearby. Since parking contributes to greenhouse gasses, sprawl, erosion, and creates giant heat sinks, it’s hard to turn into a plus for the planet. […]
New parking regulations in effect in Portland, OR
Until May 10, developers seeking construction permits for large apartment buildings in Portland, Oregon, didn’t have to provide tenants parking for their cars, just for their bikes. Today it’s a different story. Now new residential developments of more than 30 units must meet minimum parking requirements on a tiered scale. For instance, buildings with 31 […]
D.C. parking permit program (over)due for change
Change can’t come quickly enough for Washington, DC’s parking permit program, Visitor Permit Parking (VPP for short). Although the nation’s capital doesn’t occupy the number one slot in America’s list of cities with the worst traffic, it does make the top ten.
UC Berkeley parking squeeze tightens
Nothing may epitomize parking issues in Berkeley, CA better than the single star given the city’s parking enforcement on popular online review site Yelp. The score beats out a similar page for Los Angeles (1.5 stars) but equals the same for the nation’s capital, which also received one star out of a possible five. “Is […]
Sidewalk parking raises ire in Indianapolis
On April 10, Urban Indy, a blog dedicated to urban design issues in Indianapolis, IN, published a post lambasting the Conrad and Alexander hotels, which cater toward luxury or business clientele, for allowing sidewalk parking on the walks that front the buildings. The fiery post came just two days after Smart Growth America lauded the […]
Car culture in L.A. on the skids?
Roll down the window/Put down the top/Crank up the Beach Boys baby…/We’re gonna ride it till we just can’t ride it no more, sang Randy Newman in 1984.
Parking woes in the city by the Bay
Where were you in 2005, Park.It? Or you, ParkMe? Like the rest of your mobile app brethren, I suppose you were quietly lying in wait for the app revolution. Me, I spent my two years in Silicon Valley funding the education of a small, nameless child. Or so it seemed, as I paid parking ticket […]
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