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Parking in Punxsutawney
It is February 2nd, a date that is famous around the country because the small Pennsylvania borough of Punxsutawney finds its parking system completely overwhelmed for a morning. Today, this community of 5,000 swells to as many as 40,000. One does not have to be a magical soothsaying rodent to predict that this will turn…
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Happy Holidays from Studio Davis!
May your season be ripe with joy, love, and well-managed parking!
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Why Seasonal Free Parking is a Ho-Ho-Horrible Gift
“Free storage offered to shoppers by merchandising interests is an economic error and acts as a boomerang not only to the merchant, but to regular storage garage enterprises.” I recently had some merry reasons to spend an afternoon in downtown Collingswood, one of South Jersey’s most vibrant and charming downtown strips. I rode my bike…
Projects
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Oregon Parking Management Jump Start Guide
As communities throughout Oregon recover from the pandemic, there is an increasing need for addressing parking congestion in downtowns and busy residential areas throughout the state. Further, new planning rules under the Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) program restrict the ability of many jurisdictions to require minimum parking counts for new development. To help…
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Downtown Newberg Parking Study & Plan
Newberg is a city of 25,000 that lies about 25 miles southwest of Portland in the heart of Oregon’s wine country. The waning COVID crisis has combined with the steady growth of Oregon’s wine scene to create a downtown that is as busy as ever, featuring all the associated parking problems. Downtown Newberg has a…
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Peaceful Villa Neighborhood Transportation Study
Studio Davis was selected by Home Forward, a Portland housing authority that constructs and operates affordable housing communities, to perform a comprehensive study of transportation and parking impacts that will result from a proposed redevelopment of an existing affordable housing community in the Richmond neighborhood of Southeast Portland. This was a bit of a novel…