Why Amsterdam is Removing 10,000 Parking Spaces

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In 2018, the political party GroenLinks promised to remove 10,000 parking spaces from the streets of Amsterdam by 2025. So how is that going?

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References & Further Reading

Verkiezingen Gemeenteraad 2018 - uitslagen per stemlocatie
https://maps.amsterdam.nl/gemeenteraad2018/

The Future of the Gardiner East: What Can We Learn from Other Cities?
https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/news/future-gardiner-east-what-can-we-learn-other-cities

On street parking and its impact on road performance
https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2018/40/matecconf_istsdc2017_06008.pdf

What Share of Traffic is Cruising for Parking?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325247222_What_Share_of_Traffic_is_Cruising_for_Parking

San Francisco's SFPark Experiment
https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/drive-park/demand-responsive-pricing/sfpark-evaluation
https://escholarship.org/content/qt0j41t7rz/qt0j41t7rz_noSplash_2c94d2076d87a6010cd64ff47e50e93e.pdf?t=mwvv89

Amsterdam Parkeertarieven
https://www.amsterdam.nl/parkeren-verkeer/parkeertarieven/

How Much Traffic is Cruising for Parking?
https://transfersmagazine.org/magazine-article/issue-4/how-much-traffic-is-cruising-for-parking/

Toronto's curbside patios made nearly 50x more money than the parking spots they took up
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/10/torontos-curbside-patios-more-money-parking-spots/

Even businesses are OK with losing on-street parking. So why would Toronto undo curbside patios?
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/10/26/even-businesses-are-ok-with-losing-on-street-parking-so-why-would-toronto-undo-curbside-patios.html

What would a free market for parking look like? It'd look a lot like Japan.
http://www.citybeautiful.nz/2018/09/parking-in-japan/

Parking in Japan: What to Know before Getting on the Road - PLAZA HOMES
https://www.realestate-tokyo.com/living-in-tokyo/driving/parking-in-japan/

Japan's proof-of-parking rule has an essential twin policy
https://www.reinventingparking.org/2014/06/japans-proof-of-parking-rule-has.html

On-street parking in Tokyo – How to use and the regulations | Living in Tokyo
https://living.rise-corp.tokyo/on-street-parking-in-tokyo/

Deze kades en bruggen in Amsterdam verkeren in slechte staat
https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/deze-kades-en-bruggen-in-amsterdam-verkeren-in-slechte-staat~b9d699c4/

Parkeervrije Hoofdgracht
Inspiratiedocument voor een nieuwe kijk op de grachten
https://amsterdam.raadsinformatie.nl/document/10441109/1/Inspiratiedocument%20Parkeervrije%20Hoofdgracht_toegankelijk

Amsterdam telt al 1141 parkeerplekken minder
https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/amsterdam-telt-al-1141-parkeerplekken-minder~bd422d33/

Meer ruimte, minder parkeervakken
https://amsterdam-autoluw-magazine.readz.com/meer-ruimte-minder-parkeervakken

Amsterdam wil 11.200 parkeerplaatsen opheffen. In Oost probeerden ze het een maand uit. ‘Je ruikt de bloemen’
https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/amsterdam-wil-11-200-parkeerplaatsen-opheffen-in-oost-probeerden-ze-het-een-maand-uit-je-ruikt-de-bloemen~b7cb2304/

Cities have a parking problem. More parking is not the solution.
https://citymonitor.ai/transport/parking/cities-have-a-parking-problem-more-parking-is-not-the-solution

The Strongest Case Yet That Excessive Parking Causes More Driving
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-12/study-the-strongest-evidence-yet-that-abudant-parking-causes-more-driving

More Parking Puts More Cars on the Road
https://www.sightline.org/2021/01/28/more-parking-isnt-harmless-it-actually-makes-us-drive-more/

What Do Residential Lotteries Show Us About Transportation Choices?
https://people.ucsc.edu/~jwest1/articles/MillardBall_West_Rezaei_Desai_SFBMR_UrbanStudies.pdf

The high cost of cheap permit parking in Amsterdam
https://ssrn.com/abstract=4140629

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Getting rid of parking is contentious
2:11 The problem with street parking
2:46 The finances of street parking
4:36 The Japanese example
5:47 The exceptions
7:20 How did they do it?
8:01 Example construction projects
8:41 Crumbling canal walls
9:47 Just do it
10:28 Frans Halsbuurt
11:22 Underwater cars
12:46 How is 10,000 counted?
13:17 Off-street parking is a problem, too
13:57 Amsterdam's car problem
15:31 Why are these people driving!?
16:50 How to reduce car use in the centre
17:20 4,000 and counting
17:51 GiveWell
19:23 Patreon shout-out