We'll be on hand House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan's field hearing today because major news events provide the Parks Department with regular excuses to allow everyone to park on and in Foley Square and Thomas Paine Park (pictured). But before that, let's get to the news.
New York City is on the verge of a massive missed opportunity if it doesn't reform its parking requirements for new residential developments this year, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine warned on Thursday. Plus other news.
The big news is that on Thursday at 11 a.m., our friends at Open Plans will be hosting a rally in City Hall Park to demand the end of outdated rules that require developers to build far more parking than is needed. Plus other news.
Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, according to a new study that throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.