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Missoula Economic Partnership hears business concerns, from rising rent to parking

The organization, one of the city’s leading economic arms, said local businesses in recent months have expressed a range of concerns regarding the city’s current economic climate.

How Parking Reform Is Helping Transform American Cities

In cities across the U.S., planners are pushing to eliminate mandates requiring parking spaces in new buildings. The reforms — along with banning street parking or adding meters — help to reduce car dependency, create public and green spaces, and lower housing costs.

End Parking Mandates and Subsidies “City Engineers Are Unbelievably out of Touch on Parking Reform”

City engineers rely on faulty logic and misrepresentations to maintain the status quo. This was made blatantly clear in a recent letter from the City Engineers Association of Minnesota (CEAM) — and it’s why a growing number of engineers are breaking from the party line to support reform. Here are CEAM’s top four arguments against parking reform and why they’re wrong.

City Council hears University of Montana parking plan, and some opposition

Cook also suggested that the university’s plan is a result of the city’s own zoning flaws, which he said push students further away from campus living.

Less permitting, less parking and more funding: Montana task force tackles adding more affordable housing

The task force had a combined list of 31 recommendations – which include everything from fast-tracking permitting to infusing cash in existing housing funds – that the task force is looking to consolidate where possible for the final report.

Here’s a Parking Policy That Works for the People – Goldilocks

Charging the right prices for curb parking can remove the incentive to cruise for it.

Want your city to thrive? Start by rethinking parking lots.

These micro wastelands drain the life from neighborhoods, blighting American cities. It’s time we imagine better.

World’s fastest wireless EV charger unlocks 100 kW parking spots

A new wireless EV charging pad can fill a car’s battery as efficiently as a wired plug, at groundbreaking 100 kW power levels – unlocking the possibility of fast, efficient and super-convenient charging simply by parking in a designated spot.

Rethinking the Notion of Parking as a Public Good – “Carcatecture”

Parking shapes every element of the urban environment, often to the detriment of a place. Why do we subsidize public parking as a public good, and how can we move forward?

A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years

Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities.