Challenge The City of Chicago Department of Finance is charged with the enforcement and collection of revenues, including parking fines. The department issues approximately 1.3 million parking citations annually and administers several programs to benefit disadvantaged motorists. Still, administering the curb is not easy. City parking managers lacked data and made assumptions about when and…
Transportation has historically been weaponized against marginalized populations, as demonstrated by the “separate but equal” doctrine and the use of freeways and railways to redline black and brown communities. It’s a troubling truth, but there are opportunities to improve fairness as highlighted recently during an IPMI shoptalk, Impartial Parking Policies and Curbside Equity. Promoting Fairness Parking…
This is the second of a two-blog series about optimizing curb space for loading zones. Part 1 focuses on the first steps transportation authorities can use to better manage loading zones. Part 2, below, digs deeper into the factors involved in pricing loading zone curb space. Whether it’s called value pricing, performance pricing, dynamic pricing,…
