Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Congestion Commission Recommendation: First Look

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 31, 2008 | 44 Comments

Streetsblog has gotten hold of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission recommendation, which should be voted on this hour. According to the version we have (pdf), the commission’s alternative to Mayor Bloomberg’s plan is expected to exceed the 6.3% VMT reduction required by the federal government, and raise an estimated $491 million per year for mass […]

Badda Bing! NYPD “Taking Care of” New Parking Placards

By Jason Varone | Jan 30, 2008 | 11 Comments

A commenter on Uncivilservants.org noticed that Mayor Bloomberg’s attempt to reign in parking permit abuse is already being met with some good old-fashioned NYPD blowback: Posted on Fri, Jan 25 2008 at 10:49 PM Found on the Rant: "The new placards are slowly circulating to individual mos and all that has changed is the addition […]

Lew Fidler’s 9 CARAT STONE Plan Lives!

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2008 | 34 Comments

Move over, Ted Kheel. On the eve of the Congestion Mitigation Commission deadline to sign off on some form of congestion pricing, Lew Fidler tells the Observer he will introduce his own 9 CARAT STONE plan to his colleagues on the City Council tomorrow. The Fidler Tax’n’Tunnel proposal, for those who’ve somehow forgotten, would […]

Interstate Access, Plenty of Parking at the “Green” Airport

By Jason Varone | Jan 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

During his State of the State address, Governor Spitzer claimed that his administration is "turning Stewart Airport into an economic engine for the Hudson Valley and an environmental model for the world: the very first carbon-negative airport." In this morning’s New York Times, we see the Port Authority, touting SIA as an air congestion reliever […]

What Will It Take for Assemblyman Kellner to Vote for Pricing?

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2008 | 12 Comments

Two weeks ago, State Assemblyman Micah Kellner submitted a report to the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission [pdf] detailing his concerns about the two pricing plans in the TCMC’s interim report. Kellner’s district encompasses both of the congestion zone’s proposed northern boundaries, running from 60th Street to about 90th Street, and from 3rd Avenue to the […]

Parking Workshops Set for Queens and Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2008 | 6 Comments

The Department of Transportation will hold three more neighborhood parking workshops this week, two in Queens and one in Brooklyn. In tandem with congestion pricing, residential parking permits and other curbside parking reforms being considered by DOT could eventually lead to city-wide reductions in neighborhood traffic and double parking. As shown by Streetsbloggers who have […]

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