The allocation of land to parking for private vehicles has a powerful impact on urban form, sprawl, congestion, public transit use, and air quality. With urban curb space becoming a more precious commodity thanks to the proliferation of curbside ride-hailing and delivery services, microtransit devices, and the desire for other uses such as parklets, the American view of parking is undergoing a transformation. Learn about the latest ideas in parking policy and how transportation planners balance the need for parking with sustainability and a broader range of uses.
All Parking Courses
Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
Instructor: Jeff Speck
Jeff Speck explains his five principal reasons for building more walkable places — Economics, the Environment, Public Health, Equity, and Social Cohesiveness — arming practitioners with a full range of arguments in favor of pro-walkability planning.
Principles of Intersection Design
Instructor: Lennart Nout
Lennart Nout and Nick Falbo explain how Dutch traffic engineers make decisions around intersection design and dissect the crown jewel of Dutch bike infrastructure: the protected bike lane intersection.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Instructor: Kayla Hunter
This course discusses crime as an environmental justice issue and reviews techniques that successfully reduce crime and make communities safer and healthier through Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) theory.