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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.October 1, 2024Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
Can We Go Beyond Car Primacy—To Policymaking that Serves People and Places First?
Non-driver Anna Zivarts' case for steering away from car dependency.June 12, 2024Anna Zivartshttps://www.sightline.org/profile/anna-zivarts/ -
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.May 1, 2024Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
Unlock Middle Housing with Parking Reform
As long as parking is required, smaller, lower-cost homes are still illegal.March 18, 2024Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
Inside Minnesota’s People over Parking Act, with Chris Meyer
Making the case for statewide elimination of parking mandates.February 2, 2024Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
How Parking Ratios Kill Homes
A string of mistakes in one city shows how easily local rules can turn arbitrary and destructive.December 6, 2023Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
From Vermont to Oklahoma, Legislatures Challenge Parking Mandates
Proposals to reduce overbuilt parking lots are popping up across the United States.July 20, 2023Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
Parking Mandates Are Vanishing Across Oregon
Six months into the pioneering state policy, regulatory costs are falling and projects are springing to life.June 30, 2023Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation -
Parking Reform Legalized Most of the New Homes in Buffalo and Seattle
Studies from two very different cities showed the same result.April 13, 2023Catie Gouldhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/catie-gould/Senior Researcher, Transportation
The way we design our cities and towns, as well as the modes of transport we use to move through them, can either help or hinder residents’ ability to reduce their carbon footprints. Whether that means unleashing innovative affordable housing solutions, prioritizing spaces for people over spaces for cars and parking, or shifting our transportation thinking away from boondoggle megaprojects, we can shape our communities to fulfill a more sustainable future.
Meet the team
Michael Andersen, Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead. Follow him on Twitter at @andersem.
Catie Gould, Senior Researcher. Follow her at @Citizen_Cate.