Tag: spacial awareness
A breakdown of USGD candidate’s goals, plans
USGD Presidential Candidate Corina Tapscott, who is running unopposed, has goals to create the most open government in downtown history, improve parking and strengthen student organizations.
City council to vote on database to catalog parking garages and lots in downtown...
Phoenix City Council will soon vote on a parking database that would catalog the parking garages, spaces and costs in and around the downtown area. The project would hopefully benefit downtown residents who park in the city and attract new companies to the area.
The Rundown: Parking is just one piece of the larger planning puzzle
Hosts Annika Cline and Agnel Philip set out to answer this question. Urban planners point to Phoenix's city plan to explain today's problems, while community members search for small-scale solutions. They discover parking is about much more than the hunt for a spot; it's a literal road map of Phoenix's past.
Commuter students face challenges with extended meter hours, ASU lots downtown
The third entry in the "Spacial Awareness" series looks at the impact parking-meter changes have had on ASU students at the Downtown Phoenix campus, and offers insights into what the school is doing in the future for student parking.
Parking meters continue to cause stress for small businesses in downtown Phoenix
The Phoenix City Council’s implementation of extended parking-meter hours in August has had a range of effects on local businesses and shed light on the patchwork of parking options downtown.
Devil’s Advocate: Moving further into in-depth territory with new multimedia and series
We are an online platform, gosh dang it, and it’s about time we start utilizing our platform. This means more award-winning radio and photos as well as graphics, maps and GIFs.
Audio: New parking signs in Roosevelt Row area boost businesses’ customer bases
At the end of October, the city of Phoenix installed new 2-hour-limit parking signs on one side of Sixth Street and both sides of Fifth Street in between Roosevelt and Garfield streets. Businesses in the area asked for the signs to help promote higher customer turnover.

