WEDNESDAY PARKING ROUND-UP: PARKING PERMITS WORK WELL IN NW PORTLAND, CINCINNATI FUNDS TRANSIT WITH PARKING REVENUE, AND MORE

(Photo by Christopher Keizur)

Parking permits + meters work really well in NW Portland. Maybe soon PBOT will expand the permit and meter district to share the benefit with surrounding neighborhoods?

Parking can support transit. Cincinnati raises downtown parking rates and invest revenues in transit.

Parking made convenient. 1 in 5 parker uses smart phone app to pay for on-street parking in Minneapolis and St. Paul  As PBOT moves forward with performance-based parking policy, smart payment methods must be considered.

Santa Cruz figures out how to have your cake and eat it too with graduated pricing structure.

For the hard core parking wonks – here is how you tear apart a libertarian’s argument for more “free” parking.