Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

NYC’s Top Parking Subsidizer, Seth Pinsky, Moves On

By Brad Aaron | Jul 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

Seth Pinsky, whose legacy as head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be years of parking-induced traffic in city neighborhoods, with taxpayers footing the bill, is headed to the private sector. The news came this morning, via announcements from City Hall and RXR Realty, which hired Pinsky. During Pinsky’s five-year tenure, NYCEDC incentivized […]

DC’s Scaled-Back Parking Reforms Still Way More Ambitious Than NYC’s

By Stephen Miller | Jul 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

For five years, Washington, DC, has been preparing a comprehensive rewrite of its zoning code — including the elimination of parking minimums in areas well-served by bus or rail. Under pressure from opponents afraid it would make it harder for them to find on-street parking, DC planning chief Harriet Tregoning announced on Friday that the city […]

Eyes on the Street: Converting the Sidewalk to Private Parking in the Bronx

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2013 | 29 Comments

Looking to park at 3059 Bainbridge Avenue in the Bronx? There are plenty of options. The property has a garage, not to mention the free on-street parking. But that wasn’t enough for the owner of this property, who decided to commandeer some of the public sidewalk, pave it over with asphalt, fence it in, and use […]

The Greenfield/Vacca/Quinn Parking Panderfest Can’t Fix This

By Ben Fried | Jun 13, 2013 | 30 Comments

The viral video of the day, courtesy of Dan Amira at New York Mag, is this bout over a free parking space on the Upper East Side. It’s got all the hallmarks of NYC street dysfunction — traffic backups, aggressive use of motor vehicles, honking, road rage, left jabs. In related news, David Greenfield, James Vacca, and […]

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Visualizing America’s Absurd Parking Requirements

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

Architect Seth Goodman is on a mission to illustrate the absurdity of parking requirements. The above image, showing mandatory parking requirements for office buildings in different American cities, is one of three infographics he created to show the extent to which American cities mandate the construction of parking. The worst offenders in the office category […]

Vacca Looks to Squeeze $ From Bikes, But Won’t Touch the Price of Parking

By Stephen Miller | May 9, 2013 | 20 Comments

The headline from today’s City Council transportation committee oversight hearing was Janette Sadik-Khan’s announcement that the official launch date for Citi Bike is Memorial Day. Meanwhile, for Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca, it was another occasion to flail at bikes and defend cheap parking under the guise of holding a budget hearing. Sadik-Khan kicked off the hearing […]

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