On an average weekday, city officials estimate that the Minneapolis downtown area sees 375,000 vehicle trips. With the Super Bowl coming to Minneapolis city officials estimate the will be an extra 1-million plus trips over a ten-day period. It seems like parking availability may be an issue, but local officials say that there is no […]
A New York developer is working on plans to put nine floors on the top of a downtown Boston parking garage. “Fortis Property Group filed initial plans Monday with the Boston Planning & Development Agency to build 195 residential units atop the Dock Square Garage on Clinton Street along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway near […]
Plattsburgh’s new plans to revitalize the downtown area may result in the end of free parking. The city is the recipient of a $10M grant from the state to revitalize downtown. One of the plans is to replace the free downtown Durkee Street parking lot with a mixed-use city center. According to one estimate, the […]
Heavy rainfall and severe storms typically result in a flood warning from weather and news stations. Streets may become flooded, but the most susceptible structures are those that are underground, such as parking garages. A Danish firm seems to have the answer. Third Nature has designed a flood-proof parking garage that will keep dry and […]
Half of the parking lot will remain as free parking. The easternmost four rows of parking, about 102 spaces, are owned by the city of Denton. That area is known as Williams Square. The westernmost four rows of parking were previously owned by Wells Fargo and served as employee parking during business hours. Drivers took […]
“A year and a half after the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago announced intentions to develop a sprawling surface parking lot across the street from Holy Name Cathedral on State Street, we now have a clearer picture of what is planned for the valuable River North site.” An application submitted to the Chicago City Council reveals plans that […]
Merchants Parking Garage in Oakland will soon be demolished to make room for a new residential tower. This tower will be the largest residential tower in Oakland. “Real estate developer Carmel Partners is replacing the garage at 1314 Franklin St. with a 40-story building atop a seven-floor podium that will include 634 residential units and […]
“The future is now in Jersey City. Lenox, the 255-unit luxury rental development at 207 Van Vorst Street, in Paulus Hook, has the city’s first automated parking garage.” The system used is designed by a New York based company, AutoMotion Parking Systems. Once the driver leaves the car, technology takes care of the rest. An automated parking […]
“Surge pricing could be coming to every parking meter in San Francisco in 2018 under a plan being considered by the Municipal Transportation Agency.” The proposal calls for all the city’s meters to be subject to surge pricing. Dynamic pricing, also referred to surge pricing or demand pricing, is a strategy in which flexible prices […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A parking garage is in the process of being torn down over on 5th and Court. It’s to make way for a new a $170-million project by Developer Justin Mandelbaum, called “The Fifth.” The 39-story tower will include housing, a hotel, retail, a movie theater and parking. Source
