by meg | Nov 26, 2025 | Car Parking, Infrastructure
The Civic Center Parking Garage has signage at the entrance indicating how many parking spaces are available. With the City proposing changing how parking works downtown, there’s been a fair bit of discussion on Facebook, Nextdoor, and Reddit (among...
by meg | Jul 4, 2018 | Car Culture, Car Parking
Special events often lead to disregard. At any “normal time” most people seem to get that there are rules to where you can and can’t park your car. But when it comes to special events, whether it’s a kids’ soccer game or a holiday parade,...
by meg | Dec 7, 2016 | Built Environment, Car Parking, Infrastructure, Planning & Design, Transportation
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ― Warren Buffett Fort Collins is a city that understands the value of a good...
by meg | Nov 28, 2016 | Car Parking, Infrastructure, Transportation
Black Friday is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, which means it’s also the day when parking lots are put to the test. In fact, during the latter half of the 20th Century, many city land use codes, including Fort Collins’, set their...
by meg | Nov 7, 2016 | Built Environment, Car Parking, Planning & Design, Transportation
The city of Fort Collins has a whole lotta parking. In fact, it has so much parking, that any time I want to go anywhere, I can assume that there will be a parking spot at my destination just waiting for my car to fill it. Even downtown there are only a few times of...
by meg | Jul 23, 2016 | Car Parking, Transportation
Fort Collins has a parking problem. Parking minimums required by the City mean that we’re paving over substantial amounts of land in order to provide space for vehicles when they’re not in use. But most parking lots in the city of Fort Collins tend to be...
