Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Want a More ‘Civilized’ Parking Experience? Raise Meter Rates

By Ben Fried | Dec 1, 2008 | 13 Comments

A Times analysis of parking enforcement trends is raising the hackles of local pols, who see the rising number of citations as evidence supporting pet theories about traffic agent quotas: City officials say their parking enforcement is not driven by revenue goals. But City Councilman Vincent J. Gentile said his district in southwest Brooklyn has […]

San Francisco Moves Forward With Congestion-Busting Parking Reform

By Ben Fried | Nov 20, 2008 | 6 Comments

Photo: Christina Izzo/SF Chronicle San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency gave the go-ahead Tuesday to curbside parking reform that will encompass a quarter of the metered spaces in the city — about 6,000 spots. Under the 18-month pilot, called SFpark, the agency will vary prices for on-street parking and city-owned lots based on demand, intending to […]

John Liu: Standing Up for Put-Upon Drivers

By Brad Aaron | Oct 24, 2008 | 13 Comments

Joining other public officials in the war on parking enforcement, Queens City Council Member John Liu wants to keep drivers sane by changing the rule that permits them to park by a broken meter for one hour. Instead, Liu says, motorists should be allowed to defer to time limits set by street signs. In an […]

Study: City Residential Parking Requirements Lead to More Driving

By John Kaehny | Oct 15, 2008 | 49 Comments

The New York City Department of City Planning is encouraging people to drive to work. Maybe not officially, but the agency’s minimum residential parking requirements are a big inducement to car commute. That’s the implicit finding of a new study by University of Pennsylvania planning professor Rachel Weinberger (and others, including yours truly, John Kaehny), […]

Pedestrians Shoved Aside as Brooklyn Judges Cling to Plaza Parking

By Ben Fried | Oct 6, 2008 | 6 Comments

Court personnel have again appropriated downtown Brooklyn parkland for their own private cars. The saga of the Brooklyn judges who just can’t stand to part with their parking spots inside Columbus Park turned into a case of whack-a-mole last week. First, the judges finally agreed to stop parking in a pedestrian walkway, backing down from […]

Daily News, Betsy Gotbaum Come to the Aid of Parking Ticket Victims

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2008 | 20 Comments

Yesterday we noted how it took a cyclist-involved collision to get the Daily News riled up over pedestrian fatalities. Regaining its senses, the paper today again turns its attention to the real victims: motorists. Specifically those who park illegally and are indiscriminately ticketed for doing so. Bronx business owners say parking agents are harassing customers […]

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