Calvin G. Thigpen

Jan 21, 2025 | tandfonline.com | Anne Brown |Calvin G. Thigpen |Nicholas Klein |Kelcie Ralph

AbstractProblem, research strategy, and findings Pilot projects are an increasingly popular tool for dealing with opposition to new ideas. The premise is simple—let experience change minds—but it belies considerable uncertainty. How do opinions evolve during a pilot project? How do planners make sense of shifting opinions, and what strategies do they employ to successfully navigate through it?

Mar 30, 2024 | parking-mobility.org | Calvin G. Thigpen |Melissa Rysak

Home / IPMI Blog / Parking Density Report + Webinar from Urbanism Next Parking Density Report + Webinar from Urbanism Next By Calvin Thigpen Parking Density Report + Webinar from Urbanism Next (April 5th): Researchers from the University of Oregon’s Urbanism Next Center have completed a report addressing how much parking is needed to meet demand and improve compliance, using data from a dozen US and European cities. The researchers will release the report on April 5th as part of a webinar....

Feb 7, 2023 | parking-mobility-magazine.org | Nicholas Klein |Anne Brown |Calvin G. Thigpen

6. Provide plentiful, intuitive parking and scooter riders will use itIn-app messages and sidewalk decals represent small-scale interventions that cities can implement to reduce scooter mis-parking, and both proved marginally effective at doing so. Cities can also implement broader scale interventions such as lock-to requirements, where scooters must be parked and physically locked to bike racks or other infrastructure. In the U.S., just four cities impose “lock-to” requirements (Brown, 2021).