Via Planetizen.

Parking guru Donald Shoup has an op-ed piece in yesterday’s NY Times suggesting that 30% of traffic in city centers may be circling looking for parking…

This video interview is from Streetsblog. It’s a nice summary of Shoup’s theses in six minutes.

Well, I suppose it was inevitable. This system creates a marketplace, accessed via cell phone, for available parking spaces.

Happily, and somewhat surprisingly, last night Portland City Council upheld the appeal of the Northwest Distract Association and denied design approval of the Irving Street parking structure (the Historic Landmarks Commission had previously granted approval to the design). The issue came down to safety. Commissioner Sam Adams, making the motion to sustain the appeal, cited…