Paul (parking reform) Barter
@paulbarter.bsky.social
Yes, a parking-policy book club IS my idea of fun. You got a problem with that?
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An 🇦🇺ian in 🇸🇬 (since 2000) but a 🌏 focus.
Join Parking Reform Network!
https://www.reinventingparking.org/
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We also have camera-equipped cars in Copenhagen. Not only for parking, also for enforcement of low-emission zones.
But still a lot of parking enforcement people on foot/bike, using an app to scan and check license plates against the database.
But still a lot of parking enforcement people on foot/bike, using an app to scan and check license plates against the database.
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We also have camera-equipped cars in Copenhagen. Not only for parking, also for enforcement of low-emission zones.
But still a lot of parking enforcement people on foot/bike, using an app to scan and check license plates against the database.
But still a lot of parking enforcement people on foot/bike, using an app to scan and check license plates against the database.
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Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
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Who would be willing to support a bill that removes all minimum parking mandates, statewide, in #California?
Here's a coalition of 41 nonprofits from around Oregon, organized by us at @Sightline, that specifically endorsed the parking reform proposals: advocates for housing, environment, mobility, justice, and local...
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Who would be willing to support a bill that removes all minimum parking mandates, statewide, in #California?
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The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Pavement parking: options for change
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
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More than 25% of downtown is parking, so City Council is proposing a commercial parking tax to help internalize the associated externalities—things like poor walkability and antisocial behavior.
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
Support a modest tax on commercial parking tax
As reported in RANGE, Spokane City Council is considering a commercial parking tax at its meeting on Monday, November 17. Structured as a 6-12% fee to park at a commercial lot, the measure would help ...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
More than 25% of downtown is parking, so City Council is proposing a commercial parking tax to help internalize the associated externalities—things like poor walkability and antisocial behavior.
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
They vote next week. Please send them a quick note here urging their support!
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Transit Signal Priority is an umbrella term for multiple strategies that reduce delays for transit vehicles at signalized intersections, potentially down to zero.
Here, I'm comparing the trade-offs between a "French-style" and an "in-phase" TSP strategy, more common in North America.
Here, I'm comparing the trade-offs between a "French-style" and an "in-phase" TSP strategy, more common in North America.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Transit Signal Priority is an umbrella term for multiple strategies that reduce delays for transit vehicles at signalized intersections, potentially down to zero.
Here, I'm comparing the trade-offs between a "French-style" and an "in-phase" TSP strategy, more common in North America.
Here, I'm comparing the trade-offs between a "French-style" and an "in-phase" TSP strategy, more common in North America.
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"It has become clear that parking mandates do more harm than good, increasing development costs and removing high-value real estate from more productive uses."
Michigan Should Eliminate Parking Mandates - Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Municipal parking mandates obstruct efforts to create vibrant livable communities.
crcmich.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"It has become clear that parking mandates do more harm than good, increasing development costs and removing high-value real estate from more productive uses."
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“Transit officials in #SanFrancisco on Tuesday moved forward with a plan that would dramatically increase the number of citations the agency can issue to drivers who park in transit-only lanes and bus stops.”
After Years of Parking Violations, SF is Stepping Up Enforcement in Transit-Only Lanes | KQED
SFMTA officials say automated systems like bus-mounted license plate readers will help them issue more citations to drivers violating transit-only lane rules.
www.kqed.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“Transit officials in #SanFrancisco on Tuesday moved forward with a plan that would dramatically increase the number of citations the agency can issue to drivers who park in transit-only lanes and bus stops.”
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5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months.
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide*
there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people
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Ways that cities can prevent robotaxis from inducing so much add'l car use that streets become perennially clogged:
🔹 Adopt congestion pricing
🔹 Charge robotaxis (+ ridehail) a fee for every mile driven w/o a passenger
🔹 Install BRT to inoculate transit from AV-caused slowdowns
More options ⤵️
🔹 Adopt congestion pricing
🔹 Charge robotaxis (+ ridehail) a fee for every mile driven w/o a passenger
🔹 Install BRT to inoculate transit from AV-caused slowdowns
More options ⤵️
A self-driving car traffic jam is coming for US cities
A century ago, cars remade America. Autonomous vehicles could do it again.
www.vox.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ways that cities can prevent robotaxis from inducing so much add'l car use that streets become perennially clogged:
🔹 Adopt congestion pricing
🔹 Charge robotaxis (+ ridehail) a fee for every mile driven w/o a passenger
🔹 Install BRT to inoculate transit from AV-caused slowdowns
More options ⤵️
🔹 Adopt congestion pricing
🔹 Charge robotaxis (+ ridehail) a fee for every mile driven w/o a passenger
🔹 Install BRT to inoculate transit from AV-caused slowdowns
More options ⤵️
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I still would like to see some data on how many “driverful” trips are people basically deadheading because they’re coming back from dropping kids off or making superfluous trips that could be chained.
I remain unconvinced that shared mobility can possibly be worse than the status quo.
I remain unconvinced that shared mobility can possibly be worse than the status quo.
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I still would like to see some data on how many “driverful” trips are people basically deadheading because they’re coming back from dropping kids off or making superfluous trips that could be chained.
I remain unconvinced that shared mobility can possibly be worse than the status quo.
I remain unconvinced that shared mobility can possibly be worse than the status quo.
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You know what is mind boggling? It’s the fact that kids need to be 21 to have their first sip of alcohol, but at 15 they are getting their driver learner permit.
If they’re not mature enough to decide on their own drinking, maybe they’re not mature enough to operate huge machinery going at 75 mph.
If they’re not mature enough to decide on their own drinking, maybe they’re not mature enough to operate huge machinery going at 75 mph.
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You know what is mind boggling? It’s the fact that kids need to be 21 to have their first sip of alcohol, but at 15 they are getting their driver learner permit.
If they’re not mature enough to decide on their own drinking, maybe they’re not mature enough to operate huge machinery going at 75 mph.
If they’re not mature enough to decide on their own drinking, maybe they’re not mature enough to operate huge machinery going at 75 mph.
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
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One of the most important reforms California could produce is taxing commercial properties at their actual market rate so that 99% of the pay parking lots within the urban cores of our cities would be immediately put out of business.
The annual property tax bill on this parking garage went down $8,000
Wrong direction
Wrong direction
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One of the most important reforms California could produce is taxing commercial properties at their actual market rate so that 99% of the pay parking lots within the urban cores of our cities would be immediately put out of business.
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Abolish minimum parking requirements: citywide, all uses.
parking mandates are ridiculous, incl. in Chicago
assume a "-3" zoning district, and ignore transit-related rules that eliminate parking requirements:
- theater with 149 seats: no parking required
- indoor pickleball w/space for 149 people: 15 spaces
do infinitely more people drive to pickleball?
assume a "-3" zoning district, and ignore transit-related rules that eliminate parking requirements:
- theater with 149 seats: no parking required
- indoor pickleball w/space for 149 people: 15 spaces
do infinitely more people drive to pickleball?
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Abolish minimum parking requirements: citywide, all uses.
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What a humbling e-mail to receive this morning from a rider in Jersey City. Secure parking for 🚲 🛴 has the power to transform the entire region by making transit more accessible and more convenient. My only hope is that we can rapidly speed up deployments w/cities and agencies across region.
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What a humbling e-mail to receive this morning from a rider in Jersey City. Secure parking for 🚲 🛴 has the power to transform the entire region by making transit more accessible and more convenient. My only hope is that we can rapidly speed up deployments w/cities and agencies across region.
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Last time I checked, the average taxi had 0.5 occupants.
Taxis don't really solve any urban problem other than parking - and that should be addressed through pricing mechanisms anyway
Taxis don't really solve any urban problem other than parking - and that should be addressed through pricing mechanisms anyway
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Last time I checked, the average taxi had 0.5 occupants.
Taxis don't really solve any urban problem other than parking - and that should be addressed through pricing mechanisms anyway
Taxis don't really solve any urban problem other than parking - and that should be addressed through pricing mechanisms anyway
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I don't think a sticker from the police saying it's 'not allowed' highlights the dangers of pavement parking to drivers.
I think it highlights to drivers that they can do something that's not allowed, with full knowledge of the police, and face zero consequences.
I think it highlights to drivers that they can do something that's not allowed, with full knowledge of the police, and face zero consequences.
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I don't think a sticker from the police saying it's 'not allowed' highlights the dangers of pavement parking to drivers.
I think it highlights to drivers that they can do something that's not allowed, with full knowledge of the police, and face zero consequences.
I think it highlights to drivers that they can do something that's not allowed, with full knowledge of the police, and face zero consequences.
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Post a picture of someone who has absolutely no regard for the rules or your mental health or the safety of others.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Post a picture of someone who has absolutely no regard for the rules or your mental health or the safety of others.
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🅿️ Pavement parking is dangerous. It pushes vulnerable people and children into the carriageway. That's why we're campaigning for city-wide measures to get parking back under control.
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🅿️ Pavement parking is dangerous. It pushes vulnerable people and children into the carriageway. That's why we're campaigning for city-wide measures to get parking back under control.
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
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I got you...here's a list of 20 different Illinois towns requiring car parking for bars in 20 different ways
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I got you...here's a list of 20 different Illinois towns requiring car parking for bars in 20 different ways
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parking mandates are ridiculous, continued:
it looks like no city in Illinois can agree on the best way to calculate how much parking an elementary school should provide
Jane made this list showing 20 municipalities with 20 different parking mandate methods
it looks like no city in Illinois can agree on the best way to calculate how much parking an elementary school should provide
Jane made this list showing 20 municipalities with 20 different parking mandate methods
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
parking mandates are ridiculous, continued:
it looks like no city in Illinois can agree on the best way to calculate how much parking an elementary school should provide
Jane made this list showing 20 municipalities with 20 different parking mandate methods
it looks like no city in Illinois can agree on the best way to calculate how much parking an elementary school should provide
Jane made this list showing 20 municipalities with 20 different parking mandate methods
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We now return to our regularly scheduled programming on parking reform. The first-ever comprehensive analysis of zoning laws in #Virginia finds that parking mandates have been imposed on 93% of residential land.
Hot off the heels of Virginians electing new statewide leaders, we’re releasing Zoning Report: Virginia—the first-ever comprehensive look at zoning & its impact on housing across all 321 towns, cities, & counties in VA.
www.zoningatlas.org/zoning-repor...
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www.zoningatlas.org/zoning-repor...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming on parking reform. The first-ever comprehensive analysis of zoning laws in #Virginia finds that parking mandates have been imposed on 93% of residential land.