While removing minimums is only part of the solution (funding alternatives to car travel is not mentioned in the article), it's good to see that cities are beginning to re-prioritize people over cars.
Cities from coast to coast are tossing out the rules for how many off-street parking spaces are needed for apartments and businesses, as NPR’s Laurel Wamsley reports. In addition to parking structures being expensive to build and prone to trapping heat, they also create sprawl and make neighborhoods make less walkable, experts say. In removing parking minimums, cities hope to end up with better public transit, more affordable housing, and walkable neighborhoods. So far, more than 50 cities and towns have thrown out their parking minimums — from Austin and San Jose, to Gainesville, Fla. and Anchorage, Alaska. But it hasn’t been without criticism. Read more here: