I would love to be able to say that this exchange (and replies and quotes) improved everyone's understanding of parking reform. But I worry that the tone from the person attacking Kendra has probably turned a lot of normies off. Sigh.

Only I'm not arguing for free parking. You're fucking cherry picking what I'm saying. Me: NYC should have residence parking permits. I would happily pay. You: she's arguing for free parking

I wish this "speed cameras are cash grabs" trope would die. We have recent studied in the U.S. showing that after an initial surge in ticketing, fines decline as behavior changes and people speed less.

"HB 162 does not ban parking. Businesses and developers can still build as much parking as they want. The law simply removes mandatory minimums, letting builders decide what makes sense for their location, customers, and budget."

It’s really sad to see a country with a strong #ActiveTravel culture taking steps to make cycling less attractive. Hopefully there will be a rethink

Tokyo's bike culture and its mostly informal network of safe routes for cycling are under threat from the April 2026 update of Japan’s Road Traffic Act. More from @wrirosscities.bsky.social ... thecityfix.com/blog/protect...

Was just about to publish my article about why a data center is legal on a Bushwick parking lot but housing is banned... and then Gov. Hochul announced a data center moratorium. But does the moratorium apply here? One frantic rewrite later, piece is live: danieltrubman.substack.com/p/why-is-a-d...?

1. You can't "lose" something that you didn't pay for and that was never yours to begin with. 2. 76% of households in Manhattan are car-free.

Why take such positive news and frame it like this? Are parking spots more important than cleaner, more accessible streets, with fewer rats? Trash containerization benefits absolutely everyone in NYC… car owners and non-car owners alike!

most obvious policy W of all time

Most of North Carolina has now eliminated minimum parking requirements for new development... ...Boston has not.

This week, the decline and fall of minimum parking mandates continues. Happy Monday!

In Laguna Beach, non-residents pay $1-3/hour for curb parking near the beach. The revenue funds clean-up, lifeguards, etc. Residents pay $40/year for the same spots. It may seem distasteful, but it was a politically-winning way to get beyond the status quo of "free parking for everyone forever."

Seems bad: "Anyone who regularly comes into contact with rubber tires may be inadvertently exposing themselves to brain-altering chemicals."

How many human lives is a parking space worth?

When Mayor Johnson tells you Mansueto is funding his own stadium, that’s not the full truth. They’re getting a massive public subsidy for a parking garage that’s largely only to their benefit, and then sticking the long term financial consequences of it on the City through municipal ownership.

It's no wonder that surveys in city after city (Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc.) find that in neighborhoods with curb parking that is underpriced and overcrowded, a very large share of the small garages (in single-family homes, townhouses & small apartment buildings) are NOT used to store cars.

In Portland, residents can pay ~$248/month for a ground-floor storage unit the size of a one-car garage that is NOT conveniently located where they live. Or, they can store their private cars on public streets, often for free, and fill their garages with junk. www.publicstorage.com/self-storage...

Auckland's 2016 upzoning gives us a real-world example of a clean causal effect. First, building permits increased dramatically in upzoned areas. 1/

In the new @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social episode, @wesmars.bsky.social and I talked about cars stopping in bike lanes "for just a minute." It's a bigger problem than many many realize. Beyond being dangerous, blocking bike lanes deters people (esp women) from biking in the first place.

One key argument for *state-level* reform: municipalities get themselves stuck with these stupid parking policies that no one working in government today designed. This is the perfect place for the state to step in. You don’t need 4 off street spaces for an ADU!

The arguments for parking flexibility—which we’ve made over and over—are straightforward. Let people decide how much parking is needed. ➡️ missing middle pencils more often ➡️ residents in affordable homes often have 1 or no cars ➡️ reform can boost home building Leung 40-70%

Wrote a piece w/ my CT Parking Reform Co-founder about our state’s new flexible residential parking rules. Connecticut’s new parking regs went into effect on July 1st, and our message to builders and municipalities is the same: EMBRACE PARKING FLEXIBILITY! ctmirror.org/2026/07/09/p...

Hey urbanism people: can you point me to any good resources for helping regular folks understand the pros and cons of free parking? The panic in my neighbourhood over the possible loss of street parking to bike lanes (and the willingness to impose millions of added cost on the public to…

missing you Bean, know that your passing was not forgotten. that week that you and 3 others left us was a motivating moment for so much of the past few years of safety improvements and enforcement don’t park in the bike lane

Level unlocked. Retractable bollards operated by license plate recognition allowing residents access.

Next up: Free, abundant parking for everyone, everywhere.

What if parking is really about creating better places? Urban planner Dr David Mepham shares practical ideas for shaping streets, centres and neighbourhoods people enjoy using. 🎧 tinyurl.com/2nu69y82 Music: Doctor Yes | Yari | Bensound #ParkingReform #UrbanPlanning #Transport

What if cities didn’t need cars...? Moving without owning a car: no insurance, fuel or maintenance. Just cleaner air, less congestion & more liveable streets. Metabolism of Cities explores Alternative Mobility Systems in Annecy with Tom Dubois. youtu.be/eiqH7Tcr_Qs

Jakarta has introduced at-grade crossings to Thamrin, Bundaran HI, and Tosari BRT stations. Compared to the original footbridge access, the new crossings make it faster and easier to reach the stations. TransJakarta should replicate this at more stations across the BRT network.

Interesting look at contraflow bus lanes from the TransitWorld youtube channel youtu.be/8FNmn8MdLGo?...

We need to the world to go this way, with the addition of new regs and infrastructure to match these light nimble vehicles

A new report from @frontiergroup.bsky.social shows how some states have reduced vehicle miles traveled per capita: frontiergroup.org/resources/wh... One key explanation: Land use! ⏬ States with higher population densities have less car travel! And states that grew through density reduced driving!

🚨Governor Josh Stein has signed legislation eliminating minimum parking requirements for most uses across nearly all of North Carolina. “An Act To Restrict Local Governments From Regulating Certain Aspects of Off-Street Parking Spaces,” passed the Senate 44–1 & House 111–2.

This is the textbook case for state-level parking reform. A fire-abandoned downtown site DIRECTLY across the street from the soon-to-renovated train station. The town disastrously wanted more than 1 space/home on this site. State-level reform helps towns help themselves and leads to more housing!

Mayor Mamdani's DOT came out forcefully against residential parking permits in a new report. Plus the news. buff.ly/slSh8Z7

E-bikes - with pedal assist with speed & power limited by law - are legal and a great way to travel around London. Illegal electric motorbikes - with much more power, speed & weight and with an auto throttle - are a dangerous menace. Good to see the police taking action.

"Effects emerged quickly and show little evidence of displacement to adjacent areas.... These findings suggest that cost-benefit analyses of congestion pricing systematically understate net social benefits by omitting emergency response improvements."

Congestion pricing, by and large, didn't make parking any worse in the city. But one interesting tidbit from DOT in this new report: they're against residential parking permits as a fix to bad parking nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/06/p...

This is exactly right. Another example to ponder: how many drivers are operating their vehicles on suspended license? How would one measure that just by looking at traffic?

Motonormativity is when drivers simultaneously exaggerate the rule-breaking of cyclists while downplaying the reckless operation of drivers. Related is how they act as if a cyclist and driver running a stop sign are equivalent. They're not, because, you know, bikes aren't thousands of pounds.

Despite a huge gated car park & so much on street parking, yet again NSW Police perfectly happy to park all over the footpath outside their Surry Hills bunker. It’s as if they just don’t rate pedestrians at all Travesty of #publicsydney

At a council meeting tonight in Federal Way, a CM described physically going to Spokane and learning about how they've eliminated parking mandates, and yet development is still occurring with parking as dictated by the market...and yet they still couldn't imagine doing the same thing in Federal Way.

Are you circling the block instead of spending more time with your family or getting to work on time? Tell Commissioner Flynn and Mayor Mamdani to meter more spots and end New York City's parking free-for-all: act.transalt.org/a/metered-pa...

Parking reform "is the right thing to do to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities, to make it easier to do business in the city, and to save New Yorkers a whole lot of time and frustration." Read the report here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...

🚨 New DOT parking study: "The highest-level takeaway of this new report is that the preponderance of free parking across New York City is, by far, the prime driver of limited parking availability and drives the endless battle for curb space."

New separated cycle lanes popping up on Shaftesbury Ave. All it takes is political will + the removal of some unnecessary parking spaces. London is becoming a cycling city, reflecting a generational shift that recognises driving in urban areas as slow, inefficient use of time.

“One of the concerns about congestion pricing was that it would encourage ‘park-and-ride’ behavior, making it more difficult to park in certain New York City neighborhoods. After the largest parking data collection DOT has ever undertaken, we didn’t see that happen.”

New NBER paper finds that the congestion zone in NYC sped up emergency responses by over a minute - about 5-6%. Great stuff! www.nber.org/papers/w35414

Yet another societal benefit of congestion pricing: Better emergency care New paper credits NYC's congestion pricing program for a 5-6 percent reduction in emergency response travel time. www.nber.org/system/files...