Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Interview With Donald Shoup: Los Angeles Making Strides With ExpressPark

By Damien Newton | Aug 24, 2011 | No Comments

Last week Streetsblog LA talked with UCLA Professor and parking guru Donald Shoup about ExpressPark, the new parking pricing system coming to downtown Los Angeles. Damien Newton: Los Angeles is changing the way it does parking in its downtown. They’re calling it the ExpressPark system. Let’s start with the basics — what is the program […]

Pay-By-Phone Coming To New York — Will Other Parking Innovations Follow?

By Noah Kazis | Aug 16, 2011 | 8 Comments

New York City drivers will soon be able to pay the parking meter using their cell phones, a technological advance common in European cities and spreading quickly across the United States. A year-long, 300-space pilot will roll out this spring with the possibility of a more widespread implementation after that. It remains to be seen, […]

At St. George, EDC Wants Suburban-Style Parking for Its “Vibrant Downtown”

By Noah Kazis | Aug 12, 2011 | 8 Comments

St. George Staten Island could become the region’s next great downtown. That’s the plan over at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which is about to redevelop two waterfront sites immediately adjacent to the ferry terminal. Yet even though EDC touts the unparalleled transit access at the sites, which are currently surface parking lots, […]

Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair a Big Booster of Parking Minimums

By Noah Kazis | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Bronx is booming. Over the last decade, no borough added more new residents or posted faster wage growth. The Bronx’s incredible resurgence even attracted national attention last week from USA Today, which turned to City Council Member James Vacca to explain the wave of residential development in the borough. Vacca used the opportunity to […]

Brennan Drops Plan for More Atlantic Yards Parking, Will Push Transit Instead

By Noah Kazis | Jul 12, 2011 | 14 Comments

Assembly Member James Brennan has abandoned the idea of implementing additional parking minimums at Atlantic Yards. That plan would have led more people to drive to the arena while failing to keep on-street spaces open for area residents. Wrote Brennan in an email to Streetsblog: I understand the concerns raised about my idea of compelling […]

Jim Brennan Wants to Force Ratner to Build More Atlantic Yards Parking

By Noah Kazis | Jul 7, 2011 | 21 Comments

Could the state legislature get in on the costly, congestion-inducing parking minimum game? And could they do it at the site of Brooklyn’s biggest transit hub? Under a proposal by Assembly Member James Brennan, that’s exactly what would happen. Brennan is working on legislation that would force Forest City Ratner to build more off-street parking […]

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