Park(ing) Day is your chance to repurpose street space
The annual event demonstrates more creative uses of public right-of-way.
Parking Day
If only we regulated parking everyday like Parking Day
Catie Gould is volunteer activist with Bike Loud PDX and a member of the City of Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee.
It’s Park(ing) Day in Portland!
What do we want? Better use of curb space! When do we want it? Now!
Today is Park(ing) Day, a celebratory reminder that streets are public space
What else can we do besides park people’s large steel vehicles?
Citizen urbanists launch ‘Better Block PDX’ to perk up public spaces
The indie planners who two months ago reimagined a block of downtown Portland parking spaces as a public lounge have made plans for a sequel.
Guest Article: PARK(ing) Day and Portland’s future for public space
PARK(ing) Day in Portland was a huge success. Now, local urbanist Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman wants to keep the momentum going.
‘Parking Day’ offers glimpse of what Portland streets could look like
A display on SW Stark drew large crowds to enjoy public space that’s usually dominated by private automobiles.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland took part in PARK(ing) Day today. The global event, which started in San Francisco in 2005, seeks to create temporary public spaces in what are usually used as auto parking spots. This year … Read more