Nelson\Nygaard believes effective parking management is the key to unlocking multiple community goals, from economic development to congestion management and historic preservation. With more than 50 projects completed for cities, public agencies, developers, universities and nonprofits, we can analyze and share best practices from all sides of the table.

From citywide parking strategies to neighborhood plans, Nelson\Nygaard has developed policies for small downtowns and major metropolitan centers. Our outreach tools help foster community consensus on policy objectives, and translate these into decisions on specific management policies. The firm is also at the cutting edge of new policy formulation: we have written best practice guides for the EPA, taught training courses for the American Planning Association, and developed our in-house best practice database.

Nelson\Nygaard helps developers and cities to go beyond the Parking Generation manual and accurately quantify parking demand for a new development, neighborhood plan or zoning ordinance. The firm’s integrated financial and transportation models incorporate the impacts of density, transit access, pricing and demand management, and the potential for shared parking. We can analyze when more parking is
needed, and when it is more effective to invest in alternatives to driving.