Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

In Development Plan, NYCHA Commits to Keeping Parking Perks

By Stephen Miller | Mar 26, 2013 | 29 Comments

It’s easy to see why the New York City Housing Authority’s recent proposal to develop new housing on some of its property in Manhattan has aroused strong passions. Under the proposal, NYCHA would enter into 99-year ground leases with developers to build new residential buildings at eight properties in Manhattan below 110th Street. Most of the new units […]

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Parking Madness: Louisville vs. San Diego

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2013 | No Comments

This week we’re really getting into the thick of our Parking Madness tournament, the hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown. Today’s match-up features a Kentucky river city that has done a number on its downtown and a California beach city with a weak spot for asphalt: It’s Louisville versus San Diego! […]

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Parking Madness: Los Angeles vs. Dallas

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 25, 2013 | No Comments

Streetsblog’s own “Sweet 16” of the worst downtown parking craters in America — Parking Madness! — continues today with two cities that grew up in the auto age. Known for their mega-highways and congestion, Los Angeles and Dallas have the parking scars to go along with all those cars. An anonymous commenter submitted this entry, […]

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Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Philly

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 22, 2013 | No Comments

Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in an American downtown, continues today with two formidable contenders. In one corner we have Tulsa: Oklahoma’s second largest city, birthplace of the teen sensation Hanson (mmmBOP!), home to nearly 400,000 people. In the other corner, Philadelphia: cradle of democracy, birthplace of the Fresh Prince, and […]

Planning Commission Approves Manhattan Core Parking Regulation Changes

By Stephen Miller | Mar 21, 2013 | No Comments

Yesterday, the City Planning Commission approved modifications to off-street parking regulations in the Manhattan Core, below East 96th Street and West 110th Street. Significant changes to the city’s only parking maximums, which have helped cut down on traffic in the city’s congested core since 1982, are on track for final approval from the City Council. Although the final proposal […]

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Parking Madness Kicks Off With Milwaukee vs. Jersey City – Cast Your Vote!

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 21, 2013 | No Comments

Earlier this month we asked you: What is the worst parking crater in America? What is the ugliest parking scar draining the life from a downtown? And Streetsblog readers answered. In all we received 23 submissions from nearly as many states, from the blazing blacktop of San Bernardino, California, to the asphalt expanses of Philadelphia […]

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