Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

Motorists Dominate UES Parking Workshop

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2008 | 16 Comments

Streetsblog commenter BicyclesOnly attended last night’s DOT neighborhood parking workshop at Temple Israel on E. 75th St. Here is his account (originally posted here): I think I was the only one present (some young and idealistic-looking DoT staff excepted) who did not own a car. I heard so many bad arguments for bad policy that […]

Gridlock Sam: Mayor’s Placard Reduction Plan is Step One of Ten

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 18, 2008 | 15 Comments

The following was contributed by Samuel I. Schwartz, AKA Gridlock Sam. Mayor Bloomberg correctly recognizes that reining in city workers’ parking privileges is a pre-requisite to congestion pricing. But his goal of 20 percent is too modest, and he should know it’s easier to do than it looks. Believe me I know; I led the […]

Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else

By Brad Aaron | Jan 18, 2008 | 15 Comments

Another DOE employee not abusing a parking placard, courtesy Uncivil Servants Following United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s "deeply troubling" letter to Mayor Bloomberg earlier this month protesting the city’s directive to reduce parking placard issues by 20 percent, this week UFT chapter leaders and delegates approved a resolution not only demanding an exemption […]

As Anti-Pricing Arguments Fall Away, It’s Just Parking & Politics

By Brad Aaron | Jan 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

Over the weekend, City Council Member David Weprin and "Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free" spokesman Walter McCaffrey got a lot of press by casting doubt on whether congestion pricing revenues would, as promised, be invested in transit. It looks like a plan was already in the works to allay that fear. The Daily News reports: […]

Illegal Parking Now “Legal” for Marty Markowitz

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2008 | 16 Comments

Yesterday we wondered if the city might be convinced to reconcile its vision of a sustainable city with its anti-urban parking policies. We’ll mark this one in the "no" column. Late last week Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was busted by Uncivil Servants for parking on the sidewalk in front of Borough Hall during a […]

Brodsky Taxes Milk! Toll Plazas Will be Named After Marc Shaw!

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 11, 2008 | 23 Comments

With its report released the day before, there wasn’t a lot of news to be found at yesterday’s meeting of the Congestion Mitigation Commission. There was, however, some good political theater and, with the deadline to produce a recommendation approaching, influential commissioners began staking out their positions. The day’s agenda was to discuss the four […]

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