HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Monday night is all about the World Series champion Houston Astros, but titles come with a price, literally. Folks who came to the game at Minute Maid Park were met with astronomical prices at parking lots near the ballpark. If you want a spot in front, it will cost you. We […]
(DES MOINES REGISTER) A Des Moines development firm will turn a parking lot across the street from Zombie Burger into a five-story building with retail and office spaces and 105 apartments. Nelson Development hopes to open the $24.3 million project in 2020 on the northeast corner of East Grand Avenue and East Fourth Street in Des Moines’ East Village. […]
(RECODE) The fallout from the fatal crash involving an autonomous Uber vehicle continues. Nvidia, which supplies chips for Uber’s self-driving cars, said it’s temporarily suspending all of its self-driving tests on public roads to learn more about last week’s crash in Arizona, a company spokesperson told Recode. “The accident was tragic,” Nvidia spokesperson Fazel Adabi said in a statement. […]
(THE TELEGRAPH) The governor of Arizona on Monday put the brakes on Uber’s self-driving car programme in that state, citing “disturbing and alarming” dashcam footage from the fatal accident earlier this month. Doug Ducey sent Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi a letter saying he has directed transportation department officials to suspend Uber’s ability to test or operate self-driving vehicles on […]
Caesars Entertainment Corp. and MGM Resorts International are playing catch up with each other on fees. Caesars is raising self-parking prices effective Thursday to match an increase by MGM resorts at the end of January. The move comes just as MGM boosts resort fees Thursday to match a move by Caesars last month. Self-parking rates […]
MGM Resorts made an announcement that they will be increasing parking fees at 11 of their Las Vegas properties. These changes will take effect Wednesday. The price increase will vary across the Las Vegas properties. Currently, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Mirage, Monte Carlo and The New York have a $12 daily parking rate; that […]
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 […]
