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Global benchmark: how cities and states are dropping parking minimums

Benchmark note · 14 Nov 2026 · WA Foundation research desk

From Buffalo to Mexico City to London, a fast-growing list of places has stopped forcing new buildings to include a fixed number of car spaces. Indian building rules still do.

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Global benchmark: how cities and states are dropping parking minimums

London's 2004 parking reform: what happened when minimums were scrapped

Mexico City: from parking minimums to maximums, and meters that pay for footpaths

Zurich's parking cap: three decades of a fixed number of city-centre spaces

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