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Portland Parking Reform

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Council pulls parking mandate after affordability advocates pile into hearing

Opponents of the mandate outnumbered supporters three to one.

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July 6, 2016

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

232 Comments


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Editorial: Even if more garages were a good idea, they’re pointless without permits

One pretty simple fact seems to be getting lost.

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July 6, 2016

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

38 Comments


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City weighs parking rule for NW that could block a fifth of new homes

If it had existed for the last eight years, it would have illegalized 23 percent of northwest Portland’s new housing supply.

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July 5, 2016

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

170 Comments


Parking meter hike approved Wednesday will mean $4 million a year for local streets

It’ll no longer be cheaper to spend 3 hours parked along a curb than to take a three-hour bus trip.

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December 30, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

34 Comments


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Parking reforms could include paid permit zones in neighborhoods near main streets

A way to quell neighborhood concerns about new development.

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December 7, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

114 Comments


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Very few poor people drive to work downtown

The Portland city council is considering subsidizing downtown car trips because some downtown commuters are poor.

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November 24, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

106 Comments


A backwards incentive in Portland, where bus rides cost more than parking spaces

When something is more convenient, Jordan points out, we usually have to pay more for it.

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November 17, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

220 Comments


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As Portland’s housing shortage boils over, its mandatory car-housing policy seems safe

A particular type of expensive machine can almost always be stored for free but every other object in society is expected to pay market rate.

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October 9, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

119 Comments


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How much should parking permits cost? Four ways the city could find out

Portland is on course to ignore a suggestion from its consultant that elected officials should never set the price of parking.

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October 1, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

141 Comments


Task force likes proposal to restrict main-street residents’ curbside parking rights

The goal is to lead developers of buildings on commercial corridors to include more on-site auto parking in their new buildings.

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August 6, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

171 Comments


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City parking reform proposal would limit apartment dwellers’ access to parking permits

The city described the proposal as “preliminary.”

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July 31, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

167 Comments


Large crowd at City-sponsored symposium learns evils of free parking

Parking is too expensive and too valuable for us to conceal its costs inside the price of everything else we buy, he said.

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June 29, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

75 Comments


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