{"id":4032,"date":"2026-06-03T11:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:54:55","slug":"walkup-roslindale-urges-city-council-to-act-on-parking-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/2026\/06\/03\/walkup-roslindale-urges-city-council-to-act-on-parking-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"WalkUP Roslindale Urges City Council to Act on Parking Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, WalkUP Roslindale submitted a formal letter to the Boston City Council urging adoption of the proposed zoning amendment to eliminate minimum off\u2011street parking requirements for residential development.<\/p>\n

Our letter explains why parking mandates are an outdated planning tool that force new housing to dedicate scarce land and resources to car storage, regardless of whether future residents need those spaces. Removing these requirements will allow housing to be designed based on actual resident needs and neighborhood context. Developers will still be free to include parking where it makes sense \u2014 the amendment simply removes a one\u2011size\u2011fits\u2011all mandate.<\/p>\n

Roslindale\u2019s experience under Squares + Streets zoning shows this. Even without required parking, proposed projects continue to include it when appropriate. At 4487 Washington Street<\/a>, the proposal includes 28 homes and 12 parking spaces. At 4301 Washington Street<\/a>, the proposal includes 16 homes and 7 spaces. These examples demonstrate that eliminating parking minimums does not eliminate parking \u2014 it just allows more thoughtful, context\u2011sensitive decisions.<\/p>\n

You can read our full letter here (PDF): [WalkUP Roslindale Support Letter \u2013 Parking Minimums Text Amendment<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n

The City Council\u2019s Planning, Development & Transportation Committee will hold its hearing on the amendment TOMORROW:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 4 \u2014 10:00 AM <\/strong>
\nIn person at City Hall or virtually via Zoom.<\/p>\n

There are three ways to make your voice heard:<\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. <\/b>Sign the Better Parking for Boston petition<\/b><\/a> \u2014 signatures from every neighborhood strengthen the case, this petition will continue beyond this hearing.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. <\/b>Testify at the hearing<\/b><\/a> \u2014 Wednesday June 4, 10 AM, in person or virtually via Zoom. Two minutes, you can read from notes. Not sure what to say? <\/span>There is a tool to help with that.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Write to your city councilor<\/b><\/a> \u2014 a short personal note from a constituent carries real weight. This online tool drafts a letter tailored to your councilor and other key City officials in about 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today, WalkUP Roslindale submitted a formal letter to the Boston City Council urging adoption of the proposed zoning amendment to eliminate minimum off\u2011street parking requirements for residential development. Our letter explains why parking mandates are an outdated planning tool that force new housing to dedicate scarce land and resources to car storage, regardless of whether […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6X5no-132","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4032"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4041,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4032\/revisions\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}