Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

CB12 Derails Greenmarket, Approves Parking Request Unanimously

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2008 | 18 Comments

More parking means more cars, congestion and noise for Dyckman Street. Says CB12: "Bring it." Citing fears that it would disrupt the neighborhood and rouse illegally parked motorists from their beds on Sunday mornings, Community Board 12 Tuesday night tabled a recommendation for a new Greenmarket in Washington Heights. Minutes later, without discussion, the board […]

Point/Counterpoint: Parking Reform Now or Later (or Never)?

By Ben Fried | Sep 19, 2008 | 5 Comments

What better time than Park(ing) Day (or should I say “Parrrrking Day”) to break out a fascinating piece from the magazine known as Parking Today, “the leading publication serving the diverse needs of today’s parking industry.” The trade pub recently ran a debate between parking planner Don Norte and performance parking guru Donald Shoup. Norte […]

Garage Company to Charge Lower Rate for Smaller Cars

By Ben Fried | Sep 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

Here’s a proposition for Meyers Parking, the company that recently decided to give Smart Cars discount rates to park in its New York garages: If it makes sense to charge half as much for a vehicle that takes up half the size of a normal car, how about, say, a 90 percent discount for a […]

Wiki Wednesday: Parking Policy

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2008 | 4 Comments

When a coalition of public interest groups including Transportation Alternatives released the "Suburbanizing the City" report last month, we learned that, following current New York City parking policies, the construction of new off-street spaces is projected to result in over a billion additional miles driven per year by 2030. Startling as it was, this statistic […]

CB12 Committee Hot for Parking, Cautious on Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 9, 2008 | 19 Comments

To increase the number of spots, angled parking may be coming to both sides of Dyckman Street. The Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 12 last night welcomed new bike racks in Upper Manhattan, but took a pass on endorsing other livable streets initiatives, including a separated bike path on Dyckman/200th Street that would […]

Weingarten Looks to Soothe Tension Over Placard Cuts

By Brad Aaron | Aug 28, 2008 | 24 Comments

Today is the first workday of the new year for city public school teachers, some 52,000 of whom have a little over a month to prepare for a commute without free parking privileges. As reported earlier this week, the city and the United Federation of Teachers have reached an agreement that will rescind all but […]

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