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119-hr-2710119th CongressWALLET

People Over Parking Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]

Introduced

Summary

Removes local parking minimums near transit. This bill gives property owners sole discretion to decide how many automobile parking spots to provide for certain new or substantially reconstructed residential, retail, commercial, or industrial structures located not more than 0.5 miles from a covered public transit point.

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  • Developers and property owners: Owners alone determine parking counts for qualifying new or substantially reconstructed projects that are in or affect interstate or foreign commerce and are sited within 0.5 miles of a covered public transit point.
  • State and local governments: Any State or local law, regulation, or requirement that is inconsistent with this rule is preempted to the extent of that inconsistency.
  • Which sites qualify: A "covered public transit point" generally means a fixed guideway stop. A passenger ferry point qualifies only if also served by another transit mode. A bus point qualifies only if it intersects two or more bus routes with service intervals of not more than 15 minutes during morning and afternoon peak periods.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Developers choose parking near transit

If enacted, owners of new or heavily rebuilt housing, retail, commercial, or industrial buildings within 0.5 miles of a covered transit stop would decide how many parking spots to build. The rule would also cover permitted projects and those in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. A covered transit stop means a station on rail or another fixed guideway; for ferries it must also be served by another transit mode; and for regular buses the stop must have 2 or more routes with service about every 15 minutes during morning and afternoon rush. State or local parking rules that conflict would be overridden, but only where they conflict with this federal rule.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 10/6/2026

  • Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

  • Rep. Friedman, Laura [D-CA-30]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/8/2025

Roll Call Votes

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