Might be crazy but, I think the company spending millions and exposing themselves to enormous risk are in the best position to estimate how much parking they need.... not random city officials

I’ll be there!

Washington’s Most Parking-Burdened Towns and Cities sightline.org/2024/10/01/was… Catie Gould via Sightline Institute #parking #overparking

Excess parking mandates crush new homebuilding and drive up housing costs. A new Sightline Institute report by Catie Gould analyzes local codes for where 75% of Washingtonians live: sightline.org/ParkingReport

Did you know that one of the most widespread laws in the state of Washington kills untold numbers of small businesses, mandates sprawl, wastes millions of tax dollars annually & drives up home prices? Today, Sightline Institute releases an investigation 18 months in the making. 🧵

Here's the report. In it: - a first-ever database of parking mandates across WA - page after page of stories of shops, schools, daycares, & homes blocked for lack of parking spaces that would sit empty - the "history of guesswork" that wrote these rules sightline.org/the-state-of-p…

How does your city compare to others? Catie Gould used the data to rank the state's worst parking codes for restaurant entrepreneurs, for tenants, and for toddlers. sightline.org/2024/10/01/was…

“No single legislative action did more to contribute to housing creation than the elimination of parking minimums.” - Director of City Planning 📍 Minneapolis, MN

"Mandatory parking minimums reveal a failure of centralized control over something that any homeowner or business owner knows varies from block to block." Catie Gould Sightline Institute sightline.org/the-state-of-p…

✨The voter registration deadline for the November General Election is this Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Make a plan today to register to vote or to check that you are registered to vote at your current address: oregonvotes.gov/myvote

For the first time in 114 years, biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have observed a fall-run Chinook salmon returning to spawn in the Klamath Basin in Oregon, after dam removal.

“People just assume these parking numbers are right, but they’re just made up.” — Tony Jordan, IAFG This standard applies to literally every aspect of car culture: It’s completely made up. No science, and barely any engineering, at any step. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Arbitrary parking requirements strike again. Store in Mattawa, WA (pop 3k) proposes 33 spaces instead of 100. Denied. What are #s based on? Port officials: "We haven’t really gotten a clear explanation" Conflicting definitions in building v zoning code🫠 columbiabasinherald.com/news/2024/oct/…

The important story here is that market-rate rentals can be affordable if enough new housing is getting built to meet demand. The couple got a market-rate 1-bed for $1,500/month, which is cheaper than the 60% AMI housing provided by MHA. seattletimes.com/business/real-…

Trying to stay off this site tonight. Looking forward to hot takes from real people over on Bluesky. bsky.app/profile/citize…

The good news we all need today

Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare sightline.org/2024/11/19/par… Catie Gould via Sightline Institute

Today my Senate colleagues voted to make me Chair of the Senate Housing Committee beginning in 2025. As chair, I will continue the fight to lower housing costs, expand our supply of housing, support first-time homebuyers, increase affordable housing & stabilize renters.

Dana Christiansen was forced to abandon plans for a daycare after the lot could only fit 29 of the 32 parking spots req. by Clark County, leaving residents in a childcare desert. How have parking mandates harmed your town? #ParkingInWA Catie Gould sightline.org/2024/11/19/par…