by Andy Grossman | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Innovative technology will always carve the best path forward towards time and cost efficiencies. Those designers that acknowledge the dramatic increase in speed and general obligation placed upon the average individual and succeed in universal reductions of time (no...
by Jim Henderson | Jan 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s a piece of valuable property that sits idle most of the day. But now a quick visit to a website lets you become a mini parking mogul. On a post-college visit to San Francisco, Anthony Eskinazi was driving around before a Giants game, hunting for a parking spot in...
by Jim Henderson | Dec 1, 2011 | Government Programs
There is no single, handy database that tracks the proliferation of parking spots in a city over time. A five-story parking garage goes in here, a surface lot there. A new development comes in, and zoning code mandates additional spots per housing unit or office desk...
by Jim Henderson | Oct 20, 2011 | Government Programs
My overnight trip to Baltimore from my home base of Washington, D.C. this weekend was a miracle of modern multi-modality—Capital Bikeshare from my house to Union Station, Amtrak to Baltimore’s Penn Station, then a quick ride on the Light Rail down to the Convention...
by Jim Henderson | Jun 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
A seventh excerpt from the recently released book published by Island Press called Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities. In this post, we look at some cities who have created parkland by removing excess parking spaces. Do you park in your park? Does it...