Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Manhattan CB2 Approves DOT’s Prince/Bleecker Bike Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007 | 1 Comment

Last night the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 2 voted 8 to 1 to: Continue to push for the construction of a Class I bike lane on Houston Street. Oppose the construction of left-turn bays on Houston Street. Support DOT’s plan for additional bike lanes and the removal of nearly 200 parking spaces on […]

Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why?

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007 | 9 Comments

The scene in front of Dizzy’s Diner on 9th Street and Eighth Avenue. Park Slope’s 9th Street corridor, with Prospect Park on one end and the Battery Tunnel on the other, has long been known as one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood when it comes to car crashes. In March 2004 two […]

The Plan: Making Brooklyn’s 9th Street Safer for Everyone

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007 | No Comments

Below is a sketch of DOT’s plan for 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We think it’s a great plan deserving of support. The new configuration narrows a notoriously dangerous four lane road down to two travel lanes and adds a median with left-turn bays and a pair of bike lanes with three-foot buffers. The […]

Updated Version of DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 10, 2007 | 9 Comments

Above is the latest version of DOT’s plan to improve pedestrian safety, install traffic-calming and stripe bike lanes on 9th Street in Park Slope. If you like this plan and live or work within the boundaries of Community Board 6 or Park Slope, or if you just use 9th Street as a pedestrian, motorist, cyclist […]

Eyes on the Street: Inspector Yee Tows His Own

By Jason Varone | Apr 10, 2007 | 9 Comments

Apparently, the retired NYPD officer who wrote the infamous, "We do not summons our own" rant in the UncivilServants.org comment section the other day never met Deputy Inspector Gin Yee, commanding officer of Manhattan’s 5th Precinct. Inspector Yee tows his own. These photos were snapped on March 28th at approximately 1:20 pm. And here is […]

When a Two-Car Garage Just Isn’t Enough

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 3, 2007 | 11 Comments

There are 255,794 vehicles registered in Staten Island, and as the borough’s population has taken off in the last few years, some of the local parking customs have become increasingly strained. A story published Monday in the Staten Island Advance illuminates just how entitled the people of that borough still feel to free parking — […]

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