Parkicity

🅿️ Volume 4 of The Parkicity Post is live - covering congestion pricing, bike lanes, and “locals only” parking in one New Zealand city. Check it out: linkedin.com/newsletter/the…

🚕 Victoria and Toronto found a clever way to create more curb space - by creating taxi stands at fire hydrants. Learn about the implementation, the signage, and the considerations in our latest blog post. parkicity.com/reimagining-th…

🚲 Bike lane backlash, flexible curb signs, and a NIMBY comic on bad planning - Volume 2 of The Parkicity Post is out now. linkedin.com/pulse/volume-2…

🚗 Cars are parked 95% of the time. The U.S. has over 2 billion parking spaces more than six spots for every registered car. In LA, parking takes up more land than housing. This Earth Day, let's rethink our urban spaces. 🌍 #EarthDay #UrbanPlanning #Sustainability #Parking

🚦 100 days into NYC congestion relief pricing and the results are in: 📉 6M fewer cars in lower Manhattan 🔊 70% drop in honking complaints 🚗 65% cut in Holland Tunnel delays More via @Curbed ⬇️ curbed.com/article/100-da…

Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings has a transit video series - The Transit Effect - check it out here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/04/18/fri…

Sudbury reducing and maybe removing their residential parking minimums? sudbury.com/local-news/cit…

Streateries aka outdoor dining aka curbside patios for restaurants could become permanent in Washington DC. dcnewsnow.com/news/local-new…

🛴🚚 The curb is no longer just for parking—it’s a dynamic space shaping the future of urban mobility. In this piece for Planetizen, we explore how smart curb management is helping cities and agencies manage growing demands and how Parkicity can help. planetizen.com/features/13402…

We love curbside patios!

We need to revitalize the downtown in the evening. How? By having more free parking hours! leaderpost.com/news/local-new…

Mechanical stacked parking lot traps van for over two years. Feels like a Seinfeld episode. Seems bizarre there is no simple solution to this?bbc.com/news/articles/…

The highest and best use of the curbside is often not parking. To that end, San Diego is converting a parking lane on a one-block stretch of 14th Street into an urban park with kid-friendly amenities sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/02/eas…

A bus stop replaced a parking spot overnight, and the vehicle that obviously was unaware of the seemingly sudden change got a parking ticket! ctvnews.ca/montreal/artic…

As I head to New York City on Friday, I can enjoy the curbside patios, which re-opened yesterday. The numbers are down since the height of COVID, and are not open year round - something which some restaurants hope to change. ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

Paris voters opted in a referendum to remove 10% of Paris' parking spots, and to close 500 more city streets to cars. This will allow pedestrians, bikers, and greenery to take its place. From Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The University of California Institute of Transportation Studies has found that "road capacity has a larger effect on per capita VMT than factors traditionally considered, such as income and fuel prices." Read more here: escholarship.org/uc/item/180452…

New York City seeing far fewer curbside patios than past years nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/18/its…

.@grist takes a look at how investing in neighbourhood parks has transformed climate resilience in some at-risk areas. Other examples of how parks, green spaces, and public amenities can lead to popular climate action are in their latest newsletter grist.org/looking-forwar…

In England, Smart Motorways, with radar-based Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) technology on all All Lane Running (ALR) motorways (so no hard shoulder), are safest in terms of deaths or serious injuries traffictechnologytoday.com/news/its/engla…