Parking | Planetizen Courses

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.

Parking Courses

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The High Cost Of Minimum Parking Requirements

65 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Inside an autonomous vehicle

Planning Implications and Design for AV Futures

52 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

autonomous vehicles on street

Planning for the Autonomous Future

78 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Parking Benefit Districts

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies

Carol D. Barrett

83 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

congested freeway in los angeles

Traffic Congestion, Part One: Sources and Responses

Michael Manville

68 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Transportation Planning: The Role of Transportation Systems in Social and Economic Life

Richard Willson

47 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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The Right Price for Curb Parking

51 Mins

CIP
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Transportation Planning: Effects on the Environment, Health, and Social Justice

Richard Willson

57 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Transit Oriented Development

51 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Transportation Planning: Land Use and Transportation Systems

Richard Willson

62 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Philadelphia Neighborhood

Green Infrastructure

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches

Richard Willson

55 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Good Speed by Design: A Network Approach to Traffic Calming

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Parking Reform Made Easy

Richard Willson

72 Mins

AICP CM

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Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Richard Willson

63 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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The Good Street: A New Methodology for Balancing Place and Flow

55 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Urban Design for Planners 8: Parking and Traffic

90 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES

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Transportation Planning: Making Transportation Plans—Rationality and Politics

Richard Willson

60 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

79 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

tree lined neighborhood

Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look

Geoffrey Ferrell

71 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A

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Transportation Planning: Principles and Practices of Transportation Finance

Richard Willson

62 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 2: The Useful Walk

82 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Transit Planning: The First/Last Mile

83 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Top Parking Instructors

Richard Willson

Richard Willson is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State...

Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. His research...

Jun Wang

Jun Wang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at...

Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck is a city planner who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.

Lennart Nout

Lennart is an urban mobility design consultant, specializing in design and planning of bicycle networks and...

Lisa Nisenson

Lisa Nisenson has 20 years of experience and leadership in smart growth, sustainable development and civic...

David Rouse

David is a consultant, educator, and author with over 40 years of experience in urban and...

John Hersey

John is a planner with two decades of experience critically evaluating and advancing transit-oriented development as...

Michael Manville

Michael Manville is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Emily Talen

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago. Her research is devoted to...

Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey is one of the originators of the modern practice of Form-Based Codes. His work ranges...

William Riggs

William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP is a nationally recognized professor, consultant, and strategist.

Carol D. Barrett

Ms. Barrett is a highly acclaimed expert in planning ethics.

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The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid

Instructor: Mark David Major

Learn why the regular grid has been a standard part of the town planning vocabulary around the world for nearly five millennia.

4.13

47 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM

Economic Thinking for Planners: Cities, Externalities, and Governance

Instructor: Peter Gordon

Through history, people have become better off as they urbanized. This course investigates how and why the quality of life has improved in cities.

4.17

56 Mins

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD