Donate Newsletters

Catie Gould

Catie Gould (pronounced “Go͝old”) is a leading storyteller, researcher, and advocate for parking reform whose work helped win groundbreaking parking reforms in Oregon, Anchorage, Montana, and Washington state. Contributing to these wins were her numerous local stories spotlighting small businesses and homebuilding efforts harmed by parking mandates; her cataloguing dozens of cities’ arcane parking rules in a report for lawmakers and advocates; her compelling testimony in public hearings; and her reliable aid to legislative champions as a policy expert. She is a senior researcher with Sightline Institute and a contributor to the forthcoming book The Shoup Doctrine, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Donald Shoup. Learn more about Catie’s work at sightline.org/parking.

Find her latest research here. Email her at catie@sightline.org , or follow her on Twitter or Bluesky.

Catie Gould

Catie Gould

Homes on Wheels Are Filling a Big Gap in Portland

Three personal stories show how these small, affordable, flexible homes provide big solutions for families.
Read More

How Washington State Won Parking Reform

Lessons and strategies for parking flexibility advocates elsewhere.
Read More

The 4 Big Reasons Why States Should Ditch Parking Mandates

Parking reform unlocks more homes and great neighborhoods, while cutting red tape and excess asphalt, sprawl, and pollution.
Read More

Washington Bill Would Cap Excessive Parking Mandates Around the State

More trees, senior living, daycares, and lower-cost housing for Washington cities and towns—and less pavement.
Read More

Can You Guess the AI-Generated Parking Mandate?

AI doesn't know how many parking spaces a coffee shop in Tumwater will need in 2040. Nobody else does, either.
Read More

Parking Reform Alone Can Boost Homebuilding by 40 to 70 Percent

More evidence that parking flexibility is key to housing abundance.
Read More

Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare

But cities can ditch these arbitrary rules and help families out of the daycare desert.
Read More

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.
Read More

Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities

Three hometown stories show why parking reform is for everyone.
Read More

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.
Read More

Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform

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

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

Making the case for statewide elimination of parking mandates.
Read More

1234
×
Privacy Overview
Sightline Institute

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.

Additional Cookies

This website uses social media to collect anonymous information such as which platform are our users coming from.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us better reach our audiences.