"The vast majority of apartments built anywhere in Washington will have full parking flexibility."
Neighborhood retail, too.
I am so proud of my work bestie @citizen-cate.bsky.social for designing the country's strongest law to reduce costly parking mandates. https://www.sightline.org/2025/05/16/how-washington-state-won-parking-reform/
Neighborhood retail, too.
I am so proud of my work bestie @citizen-cate.bsky.social for designing the country's strongest law to reduce costly parking mandates. https://www.sightline.org/2025/05/16/how-washington-state-won-parking-reform/
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- parking is optional for all homes smaller than 1,200 sqft (82% of new apartments & condos)
- and for commercial spaces smaller than 3,000 sqft (avg Subway 1,375; avg bar 1,500)
Doesn't apply in cities below 30k. (17% of population)
1. Target sympathetic building types, not transit-limited geographies.
Again & again, policymakers try to compromise by focusing parking reductions only near transit. It's true that this is where the payoff of parking reform is greatest. But...
The answer to that question is always no. But it's the wrong question.
Dana Christensen couldn't build & launch a daycare in Ridgefield because this field only had room for 29 parking spaces. The city required 32.🤯
Put the status quo on trial. https://www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/parking-mandates-are-keeping-kids-out-of-daycare/
3. Activate a broad coalition to give electeds political cover.
4. Leverage local success stories.
5. Be willing to add guardrails and off-ramps.
6. Provide for the needs of disabled drivers.
7. Have strong legislative champions.