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Searching for America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Kingsport vs. St. Louis County

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 14, 2016 | 6 Comments

Last month we asked readers to submit their nominations for the sorriest bus stop in America, and wow, was it hard to narrow the entries down to a field of 16. After some agonizing cuts, the single-elimination bracket is ready for your votes. Thank you to everyone who submitted a sorry bus stop. Streetsblog puts together this […]

Your 2016 Parking Madness Champion Is… Louisville!

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 8, 2016 | 8 Comments

Streetsblog readers spent the past three weeks voting in Parking Madness, the single elimination tournament where cities compete for the Golden Crater — a symbol of the shameful amount of space we’ve allowed surface parking to consume in our communities. We started with a field of 16 and now we have a champion. The winner of this year’s Golden Crater […]

Parking Madness 2016 Championship: Federal Way vs. Louisville

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 6, 2016 | 7 Comments

This is it, folks. We started out with 16 parking craters in this year’s Parking Madness tournament, and just two remain: the asphalt-dominated downtown of Federal Way, Washington, and the grey parking lots in the SoBro section of Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville scored a major upset yesterday, beating many commenters’ pick to win it all, downtown Niagara Falls, New York. Meanwhile, Federal Way […]

Parking Madness Final Four: Niagara Falls vs. Louisville

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2016 | 4 Comments

Only three cities are left in the running for the Golden Crater in Parking Madness 2016. Today’s matchup will determine which insane parking will take on Federal Way, Washington, in the championship match. Read up on the case for these two semi-finalists and vote below. Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is stunning, isn’t it? This is downtown, just a few […]

Parking Madness Final Four: Federal Way vs. Dallas

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2016 | 25 Comments

Villanova is taking on UNC tonight, but the main event is here on Streetsblog, with the first Final Four match of Parking Madness 2016. Streetsblog readers have narrowed this year’s field of 16 down to four parking abominations in these cities: Niagara Falls, Louisville, Dallas, and Federal Way, Washington. Your votes will determine who gets into the […]

Parking Madness Elite Eight: Wilkes-Barre vs. Louisville

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 1, 2016 | 4 Comments

The final spot in the Final Four is up for grabs today, as we conclude the second week of the 2016 Parking Madness tournament. So far, parking craters in Dallas, Niagara Falls, and Federal Way, Washington have advanced to this elite stage of the competition. In today’s matchup, a waterfront parking crater in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, goes up […]

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