Reinventing Parking

Reinventing Parking this time looks at a successful parking reform campaign in Washington DC.  The episode is a lightly edited recording of a Parking Reform Network event on 30 March 2021.  The event featured Cheryl Cort, Policy Director for the Coalition for Smarter Growth which is a non-profit in the Washington DC region.  Cheryl spoke about the long and difficult effort she led to persuade the DC Council to enact a parking cash-out law, the “Transportation Benefits Equity Amendment Act” which passed in April 2020. Learn more here.  Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook

Let me tell you about the new Parking Reform Atlas. It is a project to make it easier for parking changemakers to find noteworthy parking policies and parking reforms from all over the world. Learn more here.  Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.

The latest episode of Reinventing Parking features more from Patrick Siegman. This time we discussed on-street parking fee success stories in two California cities, San Francisco and Ventura.  Both have implemented Shoupista-style demand-based on-street parking price setting, with great success.    Learn more here.  Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.

Patrick Siegman is one of my inspirations as a parking policy changemaker and a skilled practitioner and consultant on parking (and much more). He also has a great knack for communicating about parking policy reform.   My discussion with Patrick focused on the ongoing revolution in off-street parking policies, including the trend to abolish parking minimums, in the heartland of car-dependence, North America.   Learn more here.  Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.

"Join the new Parking Reform Network!" was the key message Lindsay Bayley, Jane Wilberding and I had in mind when we planned our discussion for this edition of Reinventing Parking.  But first we tackled links between parking reform and social equity, racial justice and enforcement reform. In light of recent events, we couldn't not talk about them.   Then we turned to parking reform networking.    I enjoyed my conversation with two of the main instigators behind the newly-formed Parking Reform Network. I hope you will too.    Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.

The Reinventing Parking podcast is back after a few months' break!  The focus this time is a new report from Centre for London, entitled "Reclaim the Kerb: the Future of Parking and Kerbside Management in London". Thanks to my guest, Joe Wills. This report has lessons for parking change-makers all over the world.  Find out more here.  The ongoing pandemic and its impacts get only a brief discussion this time. We will likely tackle it in future episodes.  Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.  

The Japanese approach to parking, despite its uniqueness, has much to teach the rest of us. I (Paul Barter) discussed Japanese parking with Rebecca Clements, who is investigating it as she works towards a PhD at the University of Melbourne. Find out more here. Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.

Adaptive Parking aims to be the answer to this question: How can my city defuse real parking problems without making car dependence worse, while fostering liveable cities, while reaping more value for the community from the space now used for parking and while gaining enough public support? Adaptive Parking is a package of parking reform agendas that complement and reinforce each other, bringing together various ways that cities can do better on parking. Find out more here. Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.

This edition of Reinventing Parking offers answers to people's concerns that abolishing parking minimums will cause shortages of on-site parking and that such shortages will cause wider problems. Find out more here. Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.  

This month's Reinventing Parking is on minimum parking requirements and draws on relevant highlights from many episodes since the podcast was launched a year ago. I actually created it as an episode last month of my other podcast, Reinventing Transport. Find out more here. Support Reinventing Parking on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter. Like Reinventing Parking on Facebook.