Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Arthur Avenue Gets Next-Gen Parking Tech, But Not Dynamic Pricing

By Stephen Miller | Apr 11, 2013 | 5 Comments

Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is famous for its Italian food. Now, it’s also notable as the only place with NYC’s latest parking technology: sensors in the ground providing real-time data about parking availability, and a system that enables parkers to pay by phone. Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and Frank Franz, manager of the […]

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It’s Tulsa vs. Milwaukee in the Parking Madness Championship!

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 9, 2013 | No Comments

This is it — the final, epic showdown of Parking Madness. We started with 16 reader-submitted contenders for the title of America’s Worst Parking Crater, and Milwaukee and Tulsa have emerged from three rounds of voting to face off in the championship. Only one will be immortalized and receive the “Golden Crater,” Streetsblog’s prize for asphalt […]

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Final Four Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Houston

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 8, 2013 | No Comments

Which city has the ugliest asphalt expanse? The deadest downtown? The most awful place to sit and eat lunch? Those are the questions you must ask yourself as we approach the finale of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in the U.S. We’re wrapping up Final Four competition today with Tulsa and Houston […]

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Final Four Parking Madness Matchup: Milwaukee vs. Dallas

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2013 | No Comments

We’re down to just four cities: Milwaukee, Dallas, Houston, and Tulsa. But only one can be the champion of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. Today is a very exciting day, because we’re kicking off the Final Four with two venerable parking competitors: Milwaukee and Dallas. Milwaukee has […]

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“Elite Eight” Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Cleveland

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2013 | No Comments

This is it: our last Parking Madness match-up before the Final Four. And it’s going to be a good one. From the beginning, the two cities facing off today — Cleveland, Ohio, and Tulsa, Oklahoma — both seemed to me like solid contenders to make the final rounds. Without further ado, let’s examine Tulsa: This […]

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The “Elite Eight” of Parking Madness: Milwaukee vs. Columbia

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2013 | No Comments

So far, Texas is really dominating our Parking Madness tournament. The two Final Four spots awarded so far have gone to Lone Star heavyweights Dallas and Houston. We might have an all-Texas final. But there are still two remaining spots in the Final Four of terrible downtown parking craters. One of those spots is going […]

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