Paul (parking reform) Barter
@paulbarter.bsky.social
Yes, a parking-policy book club IS my idea of fun. You got a problem with that?
An 🇦🇺ian in 🇸🇬 (since 2000) but a 🌏 focus.
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https://www.reinventingparking.org/
An 🇦🇺ian in 🇸🇬 (since 2000) but a 🌏 focus.
Join Parking Reform Network!
https://www.reinventingparking.org/
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Spokane has been killing it with housing reforms:
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Spokane has been killing it with housing reforms:
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
eliminating parking minimums near transit
increasing height maximums
Reducing lot minimums
THE RESULTS? The proof is in the puddin':
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@livingstreets.bsky.social have found that Oxford is a #pavementparking hotspot.
Not an accolade we ever wanted.
What is Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council going to do about it?
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
@andrewgant.bsky.social
@oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social
Not an accolade we ever wanted.
What is Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council going to do about it?
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
@andrewgant.bsky.social
@oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@livingstreets.bsky.social have found that Oxford is a #pavementparking hotspot.
Not an accolade we ever wanted.
What is Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council going to do about it?
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
@andrewgant.bsky.social
@oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social
Not an accolade we ever wanted.
What is Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council going to do about it?
@emilykerr36.bsky.social
@andrewgant.bsky.social
@oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social
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In most Australian jurisdictions, land revaluation is done *annually*, and it astonishes me to see the intervals at which certain other developed Western countries do this
Ontario property assessments haven't been done since 2016 and it's getting ridiculous. Suburban homes are paying much lower property taxes than they should be.
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
Annual property taxes:
↙️ $8575 | $6360 ↘️
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In most Australian jurisdictions, land revaluation is done *annually*, and it astonishes me to see the intervals at which certain other developed Western countries do this
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In #NewYorkCity, Mayor-elect Mamdani “has pledged to eliminate the city’s arcane, decades-old parking requirements for new developments, which often increase the cost of construction.”
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
Mamdani Seeks to Freeze Rents on Stabilized Units. What About the Rest?
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In #NewYorkCity, Mayor-elect Mamdani “has pledged to eliminate the city’s arcane, decades-old parking requirements for new developments, which often increase the cost of construction.”
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
Will that actually make housing more affordable?🧵
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Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Recognizing bicycle parking as a critical component of any infrastructure network, The Hague’s Amare concert hall has opened 1,000 guarded and sheltered spaces—intended not just for ticket holders visiting the largest cultural building in the Netherlands, but anyone visiting the city’s busy centre.🧵
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This is really grim.
But have you ever had to park your car half a block further than you wanted to?
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
But have you ever had to park your car half a block further than you wanted to?
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is really grim.
But have you ever had to park your car half a block further than you wanted to?
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
But have you ever had to park your car half a block further than you wanted to?
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
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virtue signalling is good actually
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
virtue signalling is good actually
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I like these signs, but I wish more cities were going for the Full Hoboken.
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I like these signs, but I wish more cities were going for the Full Hoboken.
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Dear Urban Land Institute members,
Welcome to #SanFrancisco. Let me apologize in advance for the lack of ample free parking. But now that we've removed all our minimum parking regulations, we hope you will enjoy the flowers instead.
Welcome to #SanFrancisco. Let me apologize in advance for the lack of ample free parking. But now that we've removed all our minimum parking regulations, we hope you will enjoy the flowers instead.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dear Urban Land Institute members,
Welcome to #SanFrancisco. Let me apologize in advance for the lack of ample free parking. But now that we've removed all our minimum parking regulations, we hope you will enjoy the flowers instead.
Welcome to #SanFrancisco. Let me apologize in advance for the lack of ample free parking. But now that we've removed all our minimum parking regulations, we hope you will enjoy the flowers instead.
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@peopleforbikes.bsky.social looks at the problem of "e-motos" that are confused with e-bikes. There is confusion everywhere in the e-bike world; it's time to clarify and simplify the rules and get the too-big too-fast two-wheeled things out of the bike lanes.
When it comes to e-bikes, we need "clear, simple, straightforward rules that a nine-year-old can explain."
People for Bikes has recommendations for dealing with the confusion between "e-motos" and e-bikes. I have some too.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@peopleforbikes.bsky.social looks at the problem of "e-motos" that are confused with e-bikes. There is confusion everywhere in the e-bike world; it's time to clarify and simplify the rules and get the too-big too-fast two-wheeled things out of the bike lanes.
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Just think. If you were paid $1 million a day, it would take roughly 2,738 years for your (or Elon Musk's) total compensation to reach a trillion dollars.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just think. If you were paid $1 million a day, it would take roughly 2,738 years for your (or Elon Musk's) total compensation to reach a trillion dollars.
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I agree with a pay per mile driving charge for EVs.
But a key fact that many are missing is that fuel duty has been frozen since 2010 and petrol is cheaper now than 2 decades ago.
It's about time conventional car drivers actually started paying a fair share too.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
But a key fact that many are missing is that fuel duty has been frozen since 2010 and petrol is cheaper now than 2 decades ago.
It's about time conventional car drivers actually started paying a fair share too.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
Ignore the howls around pay-per-mile, chancellor. We can’t afford not to tax electric cars
The issue of how motoring taxes should change as we decarbonise the economy has been dodged for too long. Car salesmen need to get real
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I agree with a pay per mile driving charge for EVs.
But a key fact that many are missing is that fuel duty has been frozen since 2010 and petrol is cheaper now than 2 decades ago.
It's about time conventional car drivers actually started paying a fair share too.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
But a key fact that many are missing is that fuel duty has been frozen since 2010 and petrol is cheaper now than 2 decades ago.
It's about time conventional car drivers actually started paying a fair share too.
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
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Anyone else obsessed with the urbanism of K Pop Demon Hunters? I presume the unamed city is Seoul.
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Anyone else obsessed with the urbanism of K Pop Demon Hunters? I presume the unamed city is Seoul.
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73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.
Debunking political myths about car #parking in #copenhagen #kv25 #cities #cars
YouTube video by Coolville feat.:The Life-Sized City
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.
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Good news! Not only is Sydney’s new Oxford Street cycleway doing numbers (3,000+ trips p/d) the other *five lanes* of traffic everyone was *so worried* about appear to be *just fine*(!)
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Good news! Not only is Sydney’s new Oxford Street cycleway doing numbers (3,000+ trips p/d) the other *five lanes* of traffic everyone was *so worried* about appear to be *just fine*(!)
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Extremely enjoy that the Trib edit board called enemy parking minimums near transit “Orwellian” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/e...
Editorial: Watch out, NIMBY groups. Your parking weapon just got blunted.
Parking minimimums in downtown Evanston and Highland Park are toast.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Extremely enjoy that the Trib edit board called enemy parking minimums near transit “Orwellian” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/e...
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In #Illinois, a new law “prohibits municipalities from requiring car parking for residential and commercial uses in areas served by transit.”
Illinois legislature adopts People Over Parking Act to right-size parking requirements in transit-served areas - Streetsblog Chicago
At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB 2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff, struc...
chi.streetsblog.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
In #Illinois, a new law “prohibits municipalities from requiring car parking for residential and commercial uses in areas served by transit.”
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The AI cannot compute.
(No part of this trip was taken in a car)
(No part of this trip was taken in a car)
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The AI cannot compute.
(No part of this trip was taken in a car)
(No part of this trip was taken in a car)
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Interesting use case for retrofitting an underground parking garage!
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Retail Storage Hiding Under the Champs-Elysees
As parking lots empty out in Paris's city center, retail logistics hubs are moving in. From there, goods can be transported a short distance by bike.
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Interesting use case for retrofitting an underground parking garage!
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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See, would have been rude to park in the road here, what with the zig zags and all.
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
See, would have been rude to park in the road here, what with the zig zags and all.
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Thanks to the NITA Act, and a city ordinance from @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social, Chicago has the highest population of any city in America that live on property that does not require vehicle parking
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thanks to the NITA Act, and a city ordinance from @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social, Chicago has the highest population of any city in America that live on property that does not require vehicle parking
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Just left a meeting at Prague’s city hall, where this plaza out front was a parking lot until a few years ago.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just left a meeting at Prague’s city hall, where this plaza out front was a parking lot until a few years ago.