Council pulls parking mandate after affordability advocates pile into hearing
Opponents of the mandate outnumbered supporters three to one.
Portland Parking Reform
Editorial: Even if more garages were a good idea, they’re pointless without permits
One pretty simple fact seems to be getting lost.
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.
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.
Parking reforms could include paid permit zones in neighborhoods near main streets
A way to quell neighborhood concerns about new development.
Very few poor people drive to work downtown
The Portland city council is considering subsidizing downtown car trips because some downtown commuters are poor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
City parking reform proposal would limit apartment dwellers’ access to parking permits
The city described the proposal as “preliminary.”
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.