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No free parking: An urban reform movement takes hold
In cities across the U.S., planners are pushing to eliminate mandates requiring parking spaces in new buildings. The reforms, along with adding street parking meters, reduce car dependency, create public spaces, cut down on heat-island effects, and lower housing costs.
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From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular?
Cities around the world reveal surprising truths about getting the public on board with cutting car-use.
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Brussels' 'good move' traffic plan to ban cars in city center
The Belgian capital’s Good Move mobility initiative aims to tame traffic in the car-choked city center. But some neighborhoods have resisted vehicle restrictions.
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This Dutch design swaps one car parking space for 10 bikes
A ‘fietsvlonder,’ or bicycle platform, lets a neighborhood trial the change from car parking to bike parking to get used to the switch—and see if there’s a demand—before it’s made permanent.
In Paris, a 'quiet zone' will ban through traffic in the city center
By preventing trips that cut through certain central neighborhoods, more than 100,000 cars—and all the pollution they create—could be taken off local roads each day.
Car-free transportation gets boost from U.S. grant program
A program that primarily funded highways during the Trump administration has pivoted away from roads in its new disbursement, marking a potential shift in infrastructure spending.
How Paris will become '100% cyclable'
The French capital is dramatically expanding its network of segregated bike lanes and more than tripling bicycle parking spots as part of a massive new investment.
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