Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

DCP Flubs Research on How Off-Street Parking Affects Traffic

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2014 | 6 Comments

In its latest parking report, the Department of City Planning claimed that residential off-street parking is not linked to increased driving, contradicting previous research. In response, the parking policy experts who produced that research are reprimanding the agency for jumping to conclusions based on insufficient evidence. The flub by DCP could have big consequences, because it undermines […]

Nature’s Parking Turnover Calculator

By Ben Fried | Feb 7, 2014 | 67 Comments

Since the theme of the week is snowy streets and what we can learn from them, I thought I would share this photo of snow-covered windshields I took this morning on Park Place in Prospect Heights. The last significant snowfall came down during the wee hours of Wednesday morning, so these cars clearly have not […]

DCP Releases Timid Parking Reform Study for the Boroughs

By Stephen Miller | Jan 23, 2014 | 10 Comments

A report from the Department of City Planning issued during the final days of the Bloomberg administration is a trove of data about parking, but a look behind the pretty maps reveals a department that remains focused on dictating the supply of parking spaces and reluctant to use its power to reduce traffic and improve housing […]

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Level the Commuter Playing Field By Reducing the Tax Break for Parking

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 2, 2014 | No Comments

Happy New Year, transit riders! Congress has a special present: Some of you will be getting a tax increase this year. Legislation that puts tax subsidies for transit commuters on equal footing with car commuters has been allowed to expire by Congress. That means people who drive to work can deduct up to $250 in […]

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Real Estate Trend: Parking-Free Apartment Buildings

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 10, 2013 | No Comments

A wave of new residential construction projects in places like Seattle, Boston, and Miami are showing that, yes, modern American cities can build housing without any car parking on site. Officials in Boston gave their approval last week to what Curbed called the city’s “first big-time parking-less condo,” a 175-unit project named Lovejoy Wharf. The “plan was met with […]

The Two-Step Parking Cure for Mayor de Blasio

By Rachel Weinberger | Nov 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio ran on a platform with ambitious goals to reduce traffic deaths, improve bus service, increase bicycling, and make the city more affordable. As New York City’s first mayoral transition in 12 years gets underway, Streetsblog is asking advocates and experts how Mayor-elect de Blasio should follow through and implement a progressive […]

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