Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

City Council Passes Changes to Manhattan Core Parking Regulations

By Stephen Miller | May 8, 2013 | 9 Comments

This afternoon, the City Council passed the Manhattan Core parking text amendment with a vote of 47-0, with one abstention (Jessica Lappin). The zoning change, which modifies off-street parking rules in the densest parts of Manhattan, is as good as law now, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s approval basically a given. The zoning change modifies the […]

How Many Parking Spots Will Developers Build at Transit-Rich EDC Site?

By Stephen Miller | May 6, 2013 | 9 Comments

Since being cleared for redevelopment in 1967, several city blocks at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge on the Lower East Side — known as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, or SPURA — have lain fallow. For decades, the largest undeveloped, city-owned land below 96th Street was used only for surface parking lots. After years of planning work, […]

Now That Parking Is Played Out, Will the Council Tackle Traffic Violence?

By Brad Aaron | May 2, 2013 | 2 Comments

From what we’ve seen, the scrum at yesterday’s City Council parking presser did a commendable job calling out Christine Quinn, James Vacca, and David Greenfield for their latest ploy to curry favor with motorists. Basically, Quinn and company want muni-meters programmed to turn off when they run out of paper and during free parking hours, […]

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Transport U: Mode Shift at MIT

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 18, 2013 | No Comments

This is the third installment in Streetsblog’s series on transportation demand management at American colleges and universities. Part one gave an overview of TDM techniques that schools employ, and part two profiled Stanford’s TDM programs. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a long track record of trying to minimize traffic. The Institute has run a formal transportation […]

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Transport U: Stanford Turns Green Commuting Into Greenbacks

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2013 | No Comments

This is the second installment in Streetsblog’s series on transportation demand management at American colleges and universities. Part one gave an overview of TDM techniques that schools employ. This post looks at how Stanford University has used TDM to reduce driving and realize huge savings in the process. Stanford graduate engineering student Matthew Haith made […]

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In a Landslide, Tulsa Wins the Parking Madness “Golden Crater” Award

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2013 | No Comments

Streetsblog readers have spoken — and they have annointed Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the champion of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. The final match was a total blowout, with Tulsa stomping Milwaukee in our poll, 483 to 124. In the end, no other downtown could compare to the […]

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