Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Feed the Meters, Feed the Homeless

By Brad Aaron | | 8 Comments
Brad Aaron files this report from Athens, Georgia.  Bounded by the 615-acre campus of the University of Georgia (student population: 25,000), downtown Athens is in the midst of a decades-long revival. When department stores and other businesses left the area for shopping malls in the 70s, budding entrepreneurs took advantage of resulting cheap rents on […]

Hell’s Parking Lot

By Ben Fried | | 7 Comments
If there's one thing a neighborhood overrun by traffic doesn't need, it's more public parking garages. But that's exactly what New Yorkers who live by the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel will get if the City Planning Commission allows current development patterns to continue.

Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?

By Brad Aaron | | 6 Comments
Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets? Early this year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office announced across-the-board reductions in the number of government-issued parking placards that could be allotted to city employees. And while the city looks to be following through with the cuts — to the chagrin of some among the entitled motoring class — […]

Speak Up for Chrystie Street Improvements on Tuesday

By Brad Aaron | | 14 Comments
DOT plans for Chrystie Street would replace parking with bike lanes. From Transportation Alternatives Bicycle Campaign Coordinator Caroline Samponaro: On Tuesday, May 27th, the DOT will be presenting plans for improved Manhattan Bridge bike access via the Chrystie Street bike lane to Community Board 3. As you may recall, the CB 3 Transportation Committee voted […]
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