Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Space-Hogging Drivers, CB 12 Kill Washington Heights Greenmarket

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2009 | 18 Comments

CB 12 traded a Greenmarket for 24/7 parking privileges on 185th Street, which holds 19 cars. Photo: Brad Aaron Last September, Manhattan Community Board 12 tabled a resolution in support of a new Greenmarket for W. 185th Street in Washington Heights. The effort to locate the market was community-driven — a neighborhood resident gathered 1,000 […]

Chicago Pays the Price for Parking Privatization

By John Kaehny | Jun 17, 2009 | 19 Comments

It appears Chicago politicians who privatized city parking meter operations traded short-term political gain for long-term fiscal pain. Photo: Best Recession Ever Chicago may have left as much as $974 million on the table under the terms of last year’s agreement with Morgan Stanley. A June report from the city inspector general [PDF] blasted the […]

Fifth Ave Merchants: Delivery Problems Have Nothing to Do With Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jun 11, 2009 | 14 Comments

Many Fifth Avenue merchants do see cyclists as customers, not obstacles. Photo: Ben Fried. Tuesday’s post about the Fifth Avenue bike lane in Park Slope gave me the chance to talk to several retail merchants about how they receive their deliveries, and whether the Class 2 bike lane is causing them any trouble. According to […]

Fifth Ave BID, CB6 District Manager Take Aim at Park Slope Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2009 | 64 Comments

Fifth Avenue in Park Slope on a weekday morning. What’s wrong with this picture? Photo: Ben Fried. Just about every New York City neighborhood has to deal with the consequences of dirt cheap on-street parking. When you practically give away spaces at rock-bottom prices, it guarantees double parking and endless cruising for spots by bargain […]

Eyes on the Street: Madison Square Ped Space Invaded

By Brad Aaron | May 11, 2009 | 22 Comments

"Have placard-bearing drivers begun their own reclaiming of reclaimed public space?" That is the question posed by Streetsblogger ddartley, who last week snapped these photos of a city government vehicle parked in the new Madison Square pedestrian plaza. He got just close enough to spot the placard behind the windshield when: This guy wearing some […]

Victory for Hell’s Kitchen: Lawsuit Limits New Parking

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: hotdogger13/Flickr In what looks like a big win for community livable streets advocates, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association has settled its long-standing lawsuit over parking in the Hudson Yards area, where the Bloomberg administration sought the construction of thousands of new spaces. At issue was a rezoning provision that would have dramatically increased parking […]

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