Simple Explanations
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Learn about parking mandates
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Learn about the high costs of free parking from author Donald Shoup
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Watch journalist and author Henry Grabar explain how parking shapes the world or listen to the podcast
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Read Housing for Hawai‘i’s Future's blog linking housing costs to excessive parking mandates
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Learn about efforts to tackle parking reform in Hawai‘i
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Learn about how parking reform is housing reform
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Learn about the County of Maui's Parking Management Program, Park Maui
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Learn how parking reform could help boost Hawai‘i’s housing inventory from Tony Jordan of the Parking Reform Network
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Learn how zoning reform can address Hawai‘i’s housing issues
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Learn about parking mandates that delayed development of a bowling alley on Lāna‘i
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Read Housing for Hawai‘i’s Future's summary of parking mandates in our state
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See which cities across the U.S. and seven other countries have removed parking mandates
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Learn more about parking, housing, climate, and equity
Smart Communications
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Play the parking game, created by Paul Barter and Urban Works and adapted by Ulupono Initiative
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Learn more about the Hawai‘i version of the parking game
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Learn more about the cost to build parking in Hawai‘i
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Watch how hidden parking rules hurt our cities
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Read about parking trade-offs for lower rent or large housing units
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Learn why restricted parking zones make sense
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Learn how reinstating parking mandates for developers would increase housing costs on O’ahu
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Read about Hawai‘i residents' transportation choices and willingness to pay for parking
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Learn how to talk about parking and messages that resonate with communities
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Read about the cost of developing, operating, and maintaining common types of parking across the state of Hawai‘i
Technical Studies
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Read about the cost of developing, operating, and maintaining common types of parking across the state of Hawai‘i
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Learn about efforts to address transportation challenges on Kaua‘i’s North Shore
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Read about parking in Ala Moana: "The problem with parking in Ala Moana isn't that Ala Moana lacks parking spaces — it’s that drivers often don't know where to find them."
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Read the Civil Beat article on Ala Moana
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Read the University of Hawai‘i study on parking in the Ala Moana neighborhood and its impact on mobility
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Read about efforts to address emissions and develop a regional parking pricing framework on O’ahu
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Learn about the City and County of Honolulu's efforts to update parking mandates:
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Read the ordinance text
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Read about the history of the ordinance
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Read the staff report about the ordinance
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Learn about the City and County of Honolulu's efforts to create restricted parking zones (RPZs):
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Read the ordinance text
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Read about the history of the ordinance
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Read the Hawai‘i Climate Commission's legislative priorities to address emissions through parking
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Read about parking benefit districts, where cities charge drivers for parking and spend the resulting revenue on new services
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Read the Līhu‘e Civic Center Mobility Plan and Parking Assessment, which focuses on the overall transportation system in and around the Kaua‘i Civic Campus
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Learn about the County of Maui's Parking Management Program, Park Maui
Case Studies
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Learn how Honolulu and other places have implemented parking management programs including:
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San Francisco established SFPark, offering real-time data and demand-responsive pricing to readjust parking patterns and make parking easier to find
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Honolulu's restricted parking zone in Kalihi Valley manages the use of public on-street non-metered parking to increase parking access for area residents and visitors
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Learn how Oregon communicates about parking
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For more case studies and more information, visit Reinventing Parking
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General Information
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Learn more about parking reform across the United States, from the Parking Reform Network:
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To get started, see the Getting Started page
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What is parking reform and why should we reform parking policy?
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Read about the pseudoscience of parking mandates
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Read global resources about parking reform at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Engagement Materials
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Read Sightline Institute's Messaging Playbook for Parking Reformers to guide engagement strategies