In an op-ed for Streetsblog California, Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman explains the harm caused to people with disabilities by minimum parking mandates, and proposes alternatives:
“Research by Santa Clara University’s C.J. Gabbe and UCLA’s Gregory Pierce found that, nationwide, bundling the cost of a garage space into rents adds about 17 percent to a unit’s rent.
Jeff Wood, host of the Talking Headways podcast, writes:
“This week we're replaying one of our most popular episodes in the last few years. Patrick Siegman of Siegman & Associates joins the podcast for spirited discussion about parking. We chat about the etymology of the word parking, the legend that is Donald Shoup, and why the topic of parking gets so personal.”
In an op-ed for Streetsblog California, Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman explains why Berkeley should adopt the Council's proposal to remove minimum parking mandates and focus instead on managing curb parking:
"The pandemic has left millions unemployed and unable to pay rent. Some have doubled up with family members. Some have been evicted. Yet in the city of Berkeley and elsewhere, rents remain stubbornly high.
Earlier this month, Paul Barter interviewed Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman on his Reinventing Parking podcast. Barter writes:
“Patrick Siegman has long been one of my inspirations as a parking policy changemaker.
He is a skilled practitioner and consultant on parking (and much more) with an enormous amount of experience across North America and beyond.
Yesterday, the Northern Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association announced that the Vallco Town Center Specific Plan has received its 2019 Award of Excellence for a Comprehensive Plan. We are honored to have been part of the Opticos Design team that prepared the plan.
Hayward’s new downtown plan prioritizes walking, bicycling, and transit, celebrates local history, and capitalizes on the district’s BART station, providing homes for thousands of new residents. Today, the Northern California section of the American Planning Association honored the plan with its 2020 Comprehensive Plan Award of Merit.
Today, the Los Angeles Section of the American Planning Association announced that it is honoring the San Fernando Corridors Specific Plan with its 2020 "Against All Odds" Award of Excellence for Comprehensive Planning. Patrick Siegman is honored to have been part of the Sargent Town Planning team that prepared the plan and helped the City bring it to a successful conclusion.
How can communities plan a future for land use and transportation that maximizes the benefits of autonomous vehicles, while minimizing their potential harms? From February 6 to 8, Siegman & Associates worked with the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Seaside Institute to convene a three-day series of workshops, meetings and demonstration events in Seaside, Florida, to explore this question.
In 2018, Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman led the Watsonville Downtown Parking Study, while a principal at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting. After finding that nearly half the public parking supply sat vacant at even the busiest hour, he recommended the city convert surplus parking to higher and better use.
As part of a team led by Opticos Design, Siegman & Associates has been working with the public on a new master plan for downtown Modesto. In today’s paper, the Modesto Bee encourages support for our recommendations:
At the Congress for the New Urbanism, Siegman & Associates convened a lively panel to debate ways to harness the potential of autonomous vehicles and minimize their potential harms. Jared Green of the American Society of Landscape Architects’ The Dirt reports:
The County of Santa Clara has been awarded the National Association of Counties (NACo) 2018 Achievement Award for the “Silicon Valley 2.0: Decision-making Tools for Climate Adaptation and Resilience” program. While a Principal at Nelson\Nygaard Consulting, Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman was part of the AECOM consulting team that prepared the Silicon Valley 2.0 plan and helped the County bring it to a successful conclusion.
At its 2018 General Assembly, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) presented the "Against All Odds Award" to the City of San Fernando for successfully adopting the Corridors Specific Plan. Patrick Siegman is honored to have been part of the Sargent Town Planning team that prepared the plan and helped the City bring it to a successful conclusion.
On June 2, the Northern California Section of the American Planning Association presented the 2017 Award of Merit for comprehensive planning for a small jurisdiction to the East Palo Alto General Plan Update and Westside Area Plan. Patrick Siegman led the transportation aspects of the plan, as part of a team led by Raimi + Associates.
In an article for Streetsblog USA, Siegman & Associates founder Patrick Siegman writes about UCLA Distinguished Research Professor Donald Shoup: