Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

Walkable Cities Are More Affordable Than You Think – We Need More of Them

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 15, 2016 | No Comments

People living in walkable cities may have high housing costs, but they also tend to have low transportation costs and better access to jobs, according to a new study from Smart Growth America [PDF]. SGA ranked the 30 largest American regions according to the share of rental housing, office space, and retail located in areas with high Walk […]

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High Transportation Costs Make a Lot of HUD Housing Unaffordable

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 29, 2016 | No Comments

Rental assistance from HUD isn’t enough to make the cost of living affordable when the subsidies go toward housing in car-dependent areas, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Texas and the University of Utah. The study evaluated transportation costs for more than 18,000 households that receive HUD rental subsidies, estimating that nearly half of recipients have to spend more […]

Mark-Viverito’s East Harlem Plan Recommends Tossing Parking Minimums

By David Meyer | Feb 26, 2016 | 4 Comments

Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito has released an “East Harlem Neighborhood Plan” to guide the city’s rezoning of the community, and one of the recommendations is the elimination of parking minimums. The 138-page plan [PDF] was developed over the past 10 months as a joint project of Mark-Viverito, Community Board 11, Borough President Gale Brewer, and the […]

The Key for Park Slope to Keep Its Big Grocery Store: Less Parking

By Ben Fried | Feb 10, 2016 | 13 Comments

The notion that New York City housing construction shouldn’t be weighed down by mandatory parking minimums got a combative response from some City Council members at a hearing today. Streetsblog will have a thorough round-up of who said what tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here’s a quick detour to Park Slope for a related story about how parking rules […]

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Which Cities Are Adding Walkable Housing the Fastest?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 4, 2016 | No Comments

As more Americans look for walkable places to live, cities are struggling to deliver, and a lot of neighborhoods are becoming less affordable. A new analysis by Kasey Klimes of Copenhagen’s Gehl Studio illustrates how major metro areas have let their supply of walkable housing shrink over the years, contributing to today’s housing crunch. In this chart, Klimes shows how […]

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New Evidence That Bus Rapid Transit Done Right Spurs Development

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 12, 2016 | No Comments

More American cities are considering bus rapid transit, or BRT, as a cost-effective method to expand and improve transit. One of the knocks against BRT, as opposed to rail, is that it supposedly doesn’t affect development patterns. But a new study [PDF] by Arthur C. Nelson of the University of Arizona and released by Transportation for America finds that BRT lines can indeed […]

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