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the rate formerly required, promising to return
<br />to the plan commission with an update in
<br />a few years. One and a half years later, this
<br />projection has been borne out by the build-
<br />ing permits received for review. Tracking data
<br />both before and after adoption of parking
<br />reform reassures elected officials that they
<br />can always change the
<br />rules back if an unforeseen
<br />negative trend arises.
<br />SHARING THE STORY
<br />Perhaps your community
<br />will be the next to make
<br />waves in the planning
<br />world by adopting sweep-
<br />ing parking reforms. Or
<br />perhaps your community is
<br />still testing the waters with
<br />incremental tweaks to the
<br />system. Whatever position
<br />you find yourself in, re-
<br />member to share the story
<br />with the world! Parking
<br />reform is still a relatively
<br />nascent movement, and
<br />practitioners around the
<br />country benefit from see-
<br />ing what their colleagues
<br />in other cities and states
<br />have accomplished.
<br />Strong Towns maintains a u
<br />map of communities that have o
<br />Explore the Strong
<br />Towns parking
<br />reform map
<br />(strongtowns.org/
<br />parking) to see
<br />how communities
<br />around the country
<br />are updating
<br />their parking
<br />requirements.
<br />ser-updated
<br />rare consid-
<br />ering reducing their parking requirements.
<br />Visit this site to gain ideas for your communi-
<br />ty, and update the map once you have made
<br />progress toward your goals. The planning
<br />trade press is also very receptive to stories
<br />about parking reform.
<br />Don't hesitate to contact publications
<br />like Planning magazine,
<br />Streetsblog, CityLab, or
<br />your favorite planning
<br />blog. You may be surprised
<br />at their willingness to
<br />shine a spotlight on your
<br />unique efforts.
<br />Finally, consider
<br />submitting a session
<br />proposal to a conference.
<br />Parking sessions are often
<br />standing room only atAPA
<br />conferences, but other
<br />connected professional
<br />organizations such as the
<br />International City/County
<br />Management Association,
<br />the American Public Works
<br />Association, and the Gov-
<br />ernment Finance Officers
<br />Association can benefit
<br />from learning about park-
<br />ing'reform as well.
<br />It is an exciting time to be working in
<br />the field of parking reform. Most cities em-
<br />ployed the same parking policy playbook
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<br />through much of the zoth century, but cities
<br />are beginning to experiment with individual-
<br />ized solutions,
<br />No single parking policy will be the right
<br />choice for every city, but the examples re-
<br />counted in this article may provide a road map
<br />for your community to rethink how parking fits
<br />in with other planning goats.
<br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR
<br />Ben LeRoy is an associate planner for
<br />Champaign, Illinois, and a 2013 graduate
<br />of the University of Illinois at Urbana -
<br />Champaign. His master's capstone analyzed
<br />the impacts of minimum parking requirements
<br />on the city's rental housing supply. He has
<br />also drafted new infill-friendly zoning districts
<br />in the city's core neighborhoods and rewritten
<br />the planned development ordinance.
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