Background Portlanders for Parking Reform created a candidate questionnaire for the upcoming May primary election to help voters understand which candidates are thinking critically about parking policy. PPR sent this questionnaire to all mayoral and city council candidates. The themes of the questions were prioritization of our streets, off-street parking, on-street parking management, and equity. […]
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2020 Portland Candidate Responses
Questionnaire Prioritization of our streets Portland has limited street space and is unlikely to want to expand our roads. Streets are currently designed to give the most space to cars and to the storage of cars. Do you support repurposing on-street parking in order to give more space for bus-only lanes or bike lanes? Lengthy […]
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More housing and no required parking. It’s time to pass the Residential Infill Project!
Shoupistas, now is our moment in Portland. It’s time to eliminate the remaining residential parking requirements in Portland. The dragon is weak and can be slayed, but we’ll all need to rise to the occasion and support the Residential Infill Project to get the job done. Fortunately, the Residential Infill Project has shaped up to […]
Proposal would effectively eliminate minimum parking requirements in Portland
Mayor Ted Wheeler has proposed an amendment to the city’s Better Housing by Design project that would effectively eliminate the remaining parking requirements for new multi-family housing in Portland. Existing waivers only apply to buildings within an arbitrary distance of frequent service transit, requiring some projects just a few steps away from the boundary to […]
Better chances for affordable housing? Not if parking is required.
Action Alert: send in testimony by 3pm, Wednesday 10/2/2019 to cctestimony@portlandoregon.gov. Let’s increase the odds of more affordable housing by eliminating arbitrary parking requirements in Better Housing by Design. Quick Update: Sightline Institute has published an article this morning which delves deeper into the City of Portland’s scenario modeling for Better Housing by Design and explains […]
Parking Requirements
Eliminate Minimum Parking Requirements In Favor Of More Affordable Residential Infill
Action Alert: Submit testimony to the Planning and Sustainability Commission by Friday, May 18th. You can do this easily online at this link. We encourage you to support Portland for Everyone’s suggested modifications for the Residential Infill Project and to strongly support eliminating minimum parking requirements in all residential zones. For several years, Portland’s planners […]
Parking Garages
Preposterous Portland: Development agency wants to build a parking garage on top of a parking garage in the middle of a transit center
UPDATE 1/16 9:30pm: NextPortland blogger Iain MacKenzie posted on twitter that the Prosper Portland Board has decided to go forward with the office building addition, but without the added parking. This is a good decision by the board, let’s hope it sticks. Prosper Portland is betting 32 million dollars on 442 stall car parking garage […]