"Tony Jordan: The first thing I did after I read Shoup's book was look at the zoning code - and it was like, "Portland was pretty much ahead of the game." We had pretty good policy, so I was kind of disappointed. There wasn't really anything to agitate about. But two years later, people started building a bunch of apartments with no parking on a street called Division Street. The neighbors freaked out and then the city started to talk about reinstating parking mandates."
"I was like, I read this book. I had worked as a union organizer in the past, so I went down to the planning commission and testified. I saw some other people who were in support, too, but they were not organized. They didn't have a mailing list. The were just a couple people, random folks. And so I set up a mailing list and organized testimony, and we lost. The city added those parking mandates back."
"Around 2015 or 2016, I said, you know, we need an organization. I started this thing called Portlanders for Parking Reform, and I just had a blog. I would keep track of parking and I would turn people out to testify, and I started building inroads with groups like Bike Loud. I started working with the YIMBYs; I went to the first YIMBY conference. And after a couple years we got Portland and Oregon back on track."
Tony Jordan read Donald Shoup's book and reviewed Portland's zoning code, finding the city largely ahead on parking policy. Two years later, developers built several apartments on Division Street without parking, triggering neighborhood backlash and city discussion of reinstating parking mandates. Jordan, leveraging prior union organizing experience, testified at the planning commission, organized a mailing list, and mobilized supporters but initially lost when the city reinstated mandates. Around 2015–2016 he founded Portlanders for Parking Reform, maintained a blog, tracked parking issues, and turned supporters out to testify. He forged alliances with Bike Loud and YIMBY groups and helped restore Portland and Oregon parking policy direction.
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