Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Parking Enforcement is the Killer App

By Aaron Naparstek | | 5 Comments
On Tuesday we highlighted a Times of London story about the London borough of Westminster turning to an airline-style variable pricing system in an attempt to make up parking revenue that has been lost since the introduction of congestion pricing. CNet is reporting that Westminster has figured out another way to make up the lost […]

Garages Yield to Human-Oriented Development

By Brad Aaron | | 4 Comments
The Sun reported recently that Midtown parking garage owners are finding there are more valuable uses for their property than auto storage. Later this month, the final bids are due for the sales of six prime Midtown Manhattan parking garages comprising a portion of the Central Parking New York City portfolio. Located between 37th and […]

A Streets Renaissance in Lower Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | | 10 Comments
Last weekend the New York Times published a nice piece about a resurgence in downtown Manhattan street life. Optimism abounds now among developers and merchants, who are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into real estate along the narrow streets of Lower Manhattan. They are counting on the district, in its next incarnation, to be not […]

Vote Postponed on Yankees Parking Subsidy

By Brad Aaron | | 2 Comments
In an unusual move, the board of the New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) this morning postponed a vote on whether to issue tax-free bonds for parking facilities at the new Yankee Stadium. At a hearing last week, residents of the South Bronx, along with public advocates, protested the $225 million triple tax exempt […]
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