The Strong Towns Podcast - What Comes After Cities Kill Parking Mandates?

Parking reform used to feel like a niche fight. Now North Carolina has eliminated most parking mandates statewide, cities are following one another’s lead, and Tony Jordan says he sometimes finds out about reforms only after they happen. The Parking Reform Network co-founder explains what comes next once cities stop requiring businesses and homes to build parking by formula. That means dealing with crowded curbs, empty downtown lots, pricing, and the fear that removing parking will make access worse. Getting rid of the mandate may be the easy part, but once the mandates disappear, cities still have to answer the question those rules were trying to avoid: when parking really is scarce, who gets the space?

Additional Show Notes

• Tony Jordan (LinkedIn)
• Parking Reform Network (Site)
• North Carolina eliminates minimum parking requirements for new developments (Article)
• Parking Reform Policy Cookbook (Site)
• Chuck Marohn (Substack)

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