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The Secret to Year-Round Streeteries? What Greenhouses Can Teach Us
Outdoor eating rather than parking, configurable according to weather conditions.
Curbed, 06.10.2020
Rotterdam Offers Free Parklets to Help Local Businesses Turn Parking Spots Into Terraces
Rotterdam municipality is helping local businesses to reopen by offering free decking to create an outdoor terraced area to carry out business activities in a safe space.
Popupcity, 06.08.2020
“Parking cash-out” clears the first of two votes unanimously
"The DC Council voted unanimously Tuesday for a bill that would allow employees to “cash-out” free parking offered by their employer. The bill would let employees who receive free parking instead take the value in cash for transit, bicycling, or walking."
Greater Greater Washington, 03.03.2020
Chicago Parking Meter Lease Slow-Motion Train Wreck Only Has 65 More Years to Go
Chicago’s parking meter system raked in $134.2 million last year, putting private investors on pace to recoup their entire $1.16 billion investment by 2021 with 62 years to go in the lease, the latest annual audit shows. Chicago has converted what used to be $23.8 million in annual revenues for the city and turned it into a $21.7 million expense.
Urbanophile, 17.05.2018
广州市停车场条例
广州停车新条例将从2018年10月1日起实施。道路停车届时恢复收费,采用阶梯标准并实行信息化管理。同时根据道路交通运行情况和停车需求变化动态调整泊位设置。
广州市人大常委会机关信息化办公室, 23.04.2018
北京市严控核心区、副中心机动车保有量
北京市第十五届人大常委会第三次会议30日表决通过《北京市机动车停车条例》。条例要求,严控首都功能核心区、城市副中心机动车保有量;逐步建立居住停车区域认证机制;中心城区范围内的经营性停车设施,应当24小时开放。
财经网 Caijing, 02.04.2018
Highrise car parks to be banned in drive to improve city streetscapes
Underground car parking would be the only type allowed in most city apartment and office developments, under new rules being considered by Melbourne City Council. Many additional streetscape-improving policies are being planned.
The Age, 15.02.2018