Why Amsterdam is Removing 10,000 Parking Spaces

Visit https://givewell.org/notjustbikes for a better way to donate money this holiday season, and up to $100 in matching donations. 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? Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-why-amsterdam-is-removing-10000-parking-spaces Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw --- 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 This video contains footage licensed from Getty Images --- 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