Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

City Council Parking Giveaway Will Bring More Gridlock

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 19, 2009 | 8 Comments

New Yorkers could spend a third of a million more hours a year stuck in traffic if the “grace period” for parking violations voted by the City Council this week becomes law. Photo: @10/Flickr That’s what the Balanced Transportation Analyzer traffic-pricing model calculates, based on an assumed 10 percent drop in issuance of parking tickets. While […]

Use Your Phone to Find Parking! Just, Um, Not While Driving.

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2009 | 10 Comments

Try as they might, City Council members haven’t cornered the market on ridiculous, counterproductive on-street parking "solutions." Now making its way to your neighborhood: "Parking Around Me," a new service that facilitates parking alerts between drivers via text message. The latest beckoning driver distraction, from Roadify. From what I can tell, here’s how it works: […]

First Post-Election Business for City Council: Making Traffic Worse

By Ben Fried | Nov 16, 2009 | 24 Comments

Looks like the City Council is ready to assert itself in the wake of Michael Bloomberg’s underwhelming re-election to a third term. They’ve chosen to draw a line in the sand, apparently, by creating more congestion on New York City’s streets. To signal their displeasure with law enforcement, Council members David Weprin, Simcha Felder, and […]

Eyes on the Street: The Gateway Center Pedestrian Maul

By Brad Aaron | Oct 29, 2009 | 30 Comments

When it opened its doors this spring, the Gateway Center mall was plugged as a boon to the South Bronx. So invested was the Bloomberg administration — along with city taxpayers, thanks to subsidies granted by the NYC Economic Development Corporation — that the mayor himself participated in the grand opening of the center’s Home […]

NYCDOT Ups the Livable Streets Ante in Revised Strategic Plan

By Ben Fried | Oct 23, 2009 | 18 Comments

NYC bike-share on the horizon? DOT says it will explore a "large-scale" public bike system for Manhattan and environs. Image: Department of City Planning. Last April, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced the "New York City Model" — mapping out a strategic plan to prioritize greener, more efficient modes and turn city streets into world-class public […]

Daily News: Is There a Person in Your Parking Spot? Kill Them.

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2009 | 28 Comments

Ke Hai Du. Photo: Daily News Checkmate. In the unofficial battle for the most irresponsible, over-the-top media endorsement of motorist entitlement, the Daily News took the trophy this morning, declaring that drivers are within their rights to run down human beings who stand between their vehicles and on-street parking. Under an arguably racist headline, News […]

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