Articles in Transportation + Transit

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  With Flexibility Over Parking, Oregon Homebuilders Get to Work

  Tens of thousands of homes are now more buildable, including several projects now resurrected that local parking mandates had previously killed.

  Feb 2, 2023
  February 2, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  The Vast Potential of Pairing Transit and Homes in Washington State

  SB 5466 could support hundreds of thousands of needed new homes closer to where residents work, learn, and recreate.

  Jan 18, 2023
  January 18, 2023

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/author/danbertolet/

  

  Director of Housing and Urbanism
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  New Washington Bill Would Legalize More Homes and Businesses by Transit

  Eliminating parking mandates is a simple solution to a big problem.

  Jan 16, 2023
  January 16, 2023

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Anchorage Assembly Unites to End Parking Mandates

  Progressives and conservatives find common ground on easing regulations on housing and business development.

  Nov 23, 2022
  November 23, 2022

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  How Portland’s Form of Government Makes It Hard to Find Parking

  Transportation commissioners come and go, but policies to free up curb space remain perpetually stuck at City Hall.

  Oct 27, 2022
  October 27, 2022

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Shifting Gears

  Why Communities Are Eliminating Off-Street Parking Requirements—and What Comes Next.

  Oct 18, 2022
  October 18, 2022

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Big Reforms, Big Growth: Buffalo’s Parking Rewrite Pays Off

  A Q&A with one of the planners behind the mid-sized NY city’s successes.

  Oct 12, 2022
  October 12, 2022

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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  Troutdale Says Tax-Funded Housing Project Has a Problem: Too Many Homes

  The county’s affordable housing provider proposes 94 homes near Troutdale’s downtown. The city is holding it to a rule that would cut that to 70 to make more room for parking.

  Oct 11, 2022
  October 11, 2022

  Michael Andersen

  https://www.sightline.org/author/michael-andersen/

  

  Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead
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  Oregon Just Slashed Parking Mandates. 5 Things That Might Happen Next

  From more historic building renovations to smarter curbside parking management, two-thirds of Oregonians are about to experience the benefits of making more asphalt optional.

  Jul 22, 2022
  July 22, 2022

  Michael Andersen

  https://www.sightline.org/author/michael-andersen/

  

  Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead
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  Affordable Housing in Oregon Is About to Catch a Big Break from Parking Mandates

  Finally, homes for people will no longer be conditional on car parking.

  Jul 7, 2022
  July 7, 2022

  Catie Gould

  https://www.sightline.org/author/catie-gould/

  

  Senior Researcher, Transportation
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