Parking Might Be Killing Your Town
This session explores how the pursuit of the perfect parking space has forced us to sacrifice affordable housing, attractive architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and lively town centers in favor of congestion, sprawl, and waste.
Henry Grabar | Journalist, Author, and Researcher
This session explores how the pursuit of the perfect parking space has forced us to sacrifice affordable housing, attractive architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and lively town centers in favor of congestion, sprawl, and waste.
Kaid Benfield
As our country continues to see changes in our environment from the effects of climate change, Maine is working to not only reduce carbon emissions, but also address the national blind spot in the conversation - specifically the environmental implications of land use patterns. The Coronavirus pandemic has also brought into focus an urgent need to create and sustain communities that support healing and healthy lifestyles. The good news is there are land development strategies that support both human and environmental health. Kaid Benfield will articulate some of these key strategies – and the research behind them – that can help us move toward a more sustainable future.
PlaceMakers | Washington, DC
As our country continues to see changes in our environment from the effects of climate change, Maine is working to not only reduce carbon emissions, but also address the national blind spot in the conversation - specifically the environmental implications of land use patterns. The Coronavirus pandemic has also brought into focus an urgent need to create and sustain communities that support healing and healthy lifestyles. The good news is there are land development strategies that support both human and environmental health. Kaid Benfield will articulate some of these key strategies – and the research behind them – that can help us move toward a more sustainable future.
Chris Hawley
Local governments can struggle to change outdated zoning codes, particularly in today’s heightened political environment. Find out why simplifying and improving your community’s zoning code can make a big difference to local quality of life, as well as the financial and economic strength of your community. Chris will also share Buffalo’s success story with eliminating parking minimums from local zoning, what it’s meant to his city, and why you should consider a similar move in your own community.
City of Buffalo, Planner | Buffalo, New York
Local governments can struggle to change outdated zoning codes, particularly in today’s heightened political environment. Find out why simplifying and improving your community’s zoning code can make a big difference to local quality of life, as well as the financial and economic strength of your community. Chris will also share Buffalo’s success story with eliminating parking minimums from local zoning, what it’s meant to his city, and why you should consider a similar move in your own community.
Donald Shoup
Every city struggles with how to regulate parking and manage competing interests, time and again repackaging the same old rules that continue to drive undesirable development. Shoup will lay out a strategy for how cities can repeal archaic parking regulations and adopt new approaches focused on market demand, data, and desired development.
Distinguished Research Professor | Department of Urban Planning, UCLA
Every city struggles with how to regulate parking and manage competing interests, time and again repackaging the same old rules that continue to drive undesirable development. Shoup will lay out a strategy for how cities can repeal archaic parking regulations and adopt new approaches focused on market demand, data, and desired development.