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Parking

Car driving on a map of Atlanta

Affordable Housing

Zoning Police Continue To Find New Ways To Punish the Poor

Multiple factors contribute to housing shortages, but zoning constraints are mostly to blame.

Erica Smith Ewing and Daryl James | 1.11.2023 11:35 AM

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Parking

Cities Switch From Requiring Too Many Parking Spaces To Banning Too Many Parking Spaces

Nashville is the latest city to eliminate minimum parking requirements while simultaneously capping how much parking developers are now allowed to build.

Christian Britschgi | 11.22.2022 5:00 PM

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Housing Policy

California Takes on the High Cost of Mandated Parking

California's cities require developers to include a minimum number of parking spaces in their projects, regardless of whether those spaces are in demand. A state bill would change that.

Christian Britschgi | 8.30.2022 2:50 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Driving Them Crazy

Charles Oliver | 7.5.2022 4:00 AM

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Parking

Seattle Accidentally Had To Forgive 200,000 Parking Tickets. It Should Have Privatized Parking Instead.

When the city moved its parking cops from the police department to the transportation department, it forgot to renew their ability to issue tickets.

Christian Britschgi | 6.6.2022 2:50 PM

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Texas

Cities Force Businesses to Oversupply Parking Spaces. A Lawsuit Says That's Unconstitutional.

Azael Sepulveda is suing the city of Pasadena, Texas over its requirement that his autobody shop add 23 parking spaces he insists he doesn't need and can't afford.

Christian Britschgi | 3.3.2022 3:50 PM

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Urban planning

L.A. Finally Lets People Eat In Parking Lots

Los Angeles temporarily eased parking requirements during the pandemic, offering a glimpse of how much a less restrictive zoning code improves urban life.

Paul Detrick | 9.3.2021 10:30 AM

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Fines

Washington's Top Court Cracks Down on Excessive City Fines

A homeless man’s truck was impounded in Seattle and he couldn’t afford the costs to get it back. That’s unconstitutional, justices rule.

Scott Shackford | 8.13.2021 1:45 PM

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Reason Roundup

The FDA Continues To Drag Its Feet on Vaccine Approval

Plus: Oregon rolls back parking minimums, regulators approve a new type of pig, Shrek finally gets the recognition it deserves, and more...

Christian Britschgi | 12.15.2020 9:30 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Clean Sweep

Charles Oliver | 8.5.2019 4:00 AM

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Fourth Amendment

Federal Court: Chalking Tires Is Trespassing, Not Police Work

And it's a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Zuri Davis | 4.23.2019 3:45 PM

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NYPD

NYPD Banned Street Parking for Department Flag Football Championship, Says It 'Relocated' Violators' Cars

"This is a special event. This was the flag football championship," said NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill

Joe Setyon | 3.5.2019 1:45 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: No Holiday for Parking Enforcement

Charles Oliver | 1.9.2019 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: This Doesn't Add Up

Charles Oliver | 4.16.2018 4:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Premature Parking

Charles Oliver | 2.20.2017 4:00 AM

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Uber

In Our Uber-ed Out Future, Cities Won't Be Covered With Ugly Parking Garages

Next generation of ride-sharing will make cities more efficient, solve mass transit problems.

Eric Boehm | 8.2.2016 1:15 PM

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Policy

L.A. Sued Over Little-Known, Unposted Law Allowing Towing Parked Cars After 72 Hours

Brian Doherty | 4.1.2015 3:14 PM

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Nanny State

Chicago Meter Maids Stop for No One

Tucked behind the skeletal remains of a melted windshield wiper...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.5.2015 10:05 AM

Civil Liberties

Colbert Mocks Free State Spinoff 'Free Keene' for Being Obnoxious While Paying Parking Meters

Brian Doherty | 11.20.2014 7:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Keene, New Hampshire, Continues Legal Fight Against Free Staters Paying Meters, Speaking to Their Meter Enforcement Agents

Brian Doherty | 10.6.2014 7:37 PM

Policy

L.A.'s Outsourced Parking Ticket Appeal System Smacked Down by Courts

Brian Doherty | 7.18.2014 2:56 PM

Politics

Who is More of a Threat to Civilization? Meter Maids or People Filming Meter Maids? The New York Times on the Free State Project

Brian Doherty | 5.8.2014 7:51 PM

Policy

Parking Fines Are Unconstitutionally Excessive, Violate Due Process, Claims Class Action Suit

Brian Doherty | 2.25.2014 6:01 PM

Politics

When Parking Meters Were Against the Law

Brian Doherty | 1.9.2014 7:19 PM

Policy

LA Institutes New Valet Parking Regulations

Yet another licensing scheme

Reason Staff | 10.3.2013 2:50 PM

Policy

Los Angeles Residents Fight Corrupt Parking Ticket Enforcement

Greed meets lack of oversight

Reason Staff | 8.22.2013 7:00 PM

Civil Liberties

NYC Tickets Cars Twenty Five Minutes After Putting Up "No Standing" Sign

Caught on tape

Reason Staff | 5.21.2013 11:16 AM

Politics

Parking Regulations Driving Away Business!

How D.C. Bureaucracy Stifles Anacostia

Amanda Winkler | 5.20.2013 11:19 AM

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Policy

Keene, N.H., Meter Readers Are Terrified of Populace, Demand 'Safety Zone'

Scott Shackford | 5.15.2013 2:30 PM

Policy

LA Mulls Licensing for Valet Attendants

All sorts of additional fees that will be passed on the consumers

Reason Staff | 3.28.2013 3:20 PM

Policy

LA Faces Class Action over Parking Tickets

Subcontracting out collections deprives drivers the right to contest, suit claims

Reason Staff | 2.1.2013 6:00 PM

Policy

How Indianapolis Fixed Its Parking Problems

Alex Manning and Paul Feine | 12.17.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

Chapman's David Porter on Solving University Parking Gridlock

Reason Staff | 5.4.2011 3:00 PM

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