The Goldilocks principle of curb parking prices

Free parking or nothing is not a fair deal. Parking cash out remedies this inequity and treats all commuters equally, regardless of how they get to work.

Marty Wachs did so much in so many different fields that most of us know only a small part of everything he accomplished.

On a congested city street where all the curb spaces are occupied, some of the traffic is probably searching for curbside parking. This cruising for parking creates a moving queue of cars waiting for …

The United States has a large supply of residential garages that could be converted into affordable apartments. Unfortunately, off-street parking requirements prohibit converting most of these garages …

Like airlines and hotels, effective parking management requires charging variable demand-based prices, improving access, traffic, and the environment one parking space at a time.

Parking requirements subsidize cars, encourage sprawl, raise housing costs, and much more. The author of “The High Cost of Free Parking” and “Parking and the City” offers three solutions for cities.

Cities are coming around to the idea that on-street parking should be managed and priced based on the demand for the space. San Francisco, for example, created SFpark, a program that adjusts the price …