Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

The Parking Cure Part 2: Do the Right Tests

By John Kaehny | Aug 27, 2008 | 4 Comments

We continue with our look at recommendations proposed in "Suburbanizing the City," a report issued by a cross-section of public interest groups on the detrimental effects of off-street parking policies on city traffic. Last week we visited the city’s parking doctor and got the wrong medicine. In this episode of city parking malpractice, the parking […]

Streetsblogger Drives Home Yankee Stadium’s Game-Day Parking Problem

By Ben Fried | Aug 22, 2008 | 6 Comments

A few weeks ago, Streetsblog regular Susan Donovan snapped some pics of sidewalk-hogging cars parked near Yankee Stadium and added them to our Flickr pool. Today she (and her photos) appeared on New York 1, in a report filed by Susan Jhun that looks at the mess caused by game-day parking. Score one for TV […]

The Parking Cure, Step 1: Diagnose the Problem

By John Kaehny | Aug 22, 2008 | 11 Comments

This curb-cutting driveway leads to a parking lot for a new residential development on 16th Street in Brooklyn. What would you do if you went to the doctor, and before speaking to you, taking your vital signs, or learning about your condition, she prescribed a powerful drug and kicked you out the door? New York […]

How to Fix Off-Street Parking Policy, Before It’s Too Late

By Ben Fried | Aug 20, 2008 | 17 Comments

The proliferation of off-street parking is pushing New York toward higher rates of car ownership and substantially more traffic. To avert a scenario where the city becomes less transit-oriented and more beholden to car owners, a coalition of planning and environmental groups is calling for the reform of off-street parking policies.

Planners and Green Groups Call for Off-Street Parking Reform

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2008 | 13 Comments

Yesterday, several planning and environmental organizations joined Transportation Alternatives on the steps of City Hall to tout the release of "Suburbanizing the City" [PDF], the new report that critiques New York City’s off-street parking policies. The coalition is similar — but not identical — to the array of groups that pushed for congestion pricing earlier […]

Report: NYC’s Off-Street Parking Policy Will Set Off a Traffic Explosion

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2008 | 19 Comments

Adjacent blocks in Park Slope, one built before parking requirements took effect, and one built after. If New York City maintains current parking policies, the traffic generated by the addition of new off-street spaces will likely exceed a billion miles per year by 2030, according to a report released yesterday by Transportation Alternatives. That distance […]

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