WE WON!
On November 2nd 2023, Austin City Council voted to pass an ordinance eliminating parking mandates citywide, making Austin the largest US city to do so. We’re preserving this website as a resource for other cities and campaigns.
The Austin ordinance eliminating parking mandates (Nov. 2 2023)
Austin City Council’s resolution eliminating mandates and initiating the ordinance (May 4 2023)
Speeches from Council Members Natasha Harper-Madison & Zo Qadri in support (May 4 2023)
This campaign was led by the Austin Parking Reform Coalition, a collective of local organizations including Safe Streets Austin, Farm&City, AURA, Friends of Austin Neighborhoods, and CNU-CTX, and supported by many other organizations and businesses.
More Homes, Less Traffic!
It’s Time For Austin To Ditch Costly Parking Mandates.
What are Parking Mandates?
Parking mandates require homeowners and builders to provide a certain amount of onsite parking. The problem? Mandates have forced us to build more parking than we actually need, wasting land and preventing walkable, affordable places.
Austin is Better Off Without Parking Mandates.
More housing, lower rents, and less traffic are just some of the many reasons why eliminating costly parking mandates would benefit our city.
“We Ditched Mandates, So Should Austin!”
Over 30 cities have eliminated costly parking mandates citywide, many just in the past two years.
Got a Burning Question?
We answer some of the most common questions about eliminating parking mandates in Austin.