Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

DCP Likely to Propose Lower Parking Minimums for NYC’s “Inner Ring”

By Noah Kazis | May 10, 2011 | 19 Comments

In its recent update of PlaNYC, New York’s long-term sustainability plan, the city committed itself to the proposition that “requiring too much parking to be built in a dense city like New York can encourage driving, contribute to congestion, and unnecessarily raise the cost of new development.” That was a major breakthrough given the Department […]

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Andres Power Helps Lead a Streets Renaissance One Parklet at a Time

By Bryan Goebel | May 9, 2011 | No Comments

City planners often get very little public recognition for the work they do, and can sometimes take the heat on a project if it doesn’t prove politically popular. In the case of San Francisco’s revolutionary Pavement to Parks program, the early resistance to reclaiming public space from cars to create convivial spaces for people has […]

Mayor’s Budget Includes Parking Meter Rate Hike, Red Light Cam Expansion

By Noah Kazis | May 6, 2011 | 8 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg’s budget proposal, which was released today, still includes a plan to increase parking meter rates across the city, a plan which the City Council scuttled once in January. The transportation budget also includes an increase in revenue from an expansion of the city’s red light camera program. The biggest budget fights are sure […]

Developer: I’ve Walked Away From Projects Because of Parking Minimums

By Noah Kazis | Apr 28, 2011 | 61 Comments

Housing is harder to build, more expensive, and often lower-quality as a result of the city’s parking regulations, according to one New York City developer. Alan Bell was a high-ranking housing official in the Koch administration before co-founding the Hudson Companies in 1986. Since then, Hudson has built 4,250 affordable and market-rate housing units in […]

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Moving Beyond the Automobile: Parking Reform

By Elizabeth Press | Apr 27, 2011 | No Comments

In the tenth and final video in Streetfilms’ “Moving Beyond the Automobile” series, we are talking about parking reform. From doing away with mandatory parking minimums, to charging the right price for curbside parking, to converting on-street parking spots into parklets and bike corrals, cities are latching on to exciting new ideas to make more room for people […]

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SFPark, Putting Shoup’s Ideas to the Test, Launches to Much Political Support

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 22, 2011 | No Comments

San Francisco launched the world’s most ambitious and innovative parking project yesterday, a federally-funded trial that could revolutionize the way cities manage the public supply of parking. SFPark promises to make it easier for motorists to find spaces in busy commercial districts, while reducing congestion, speeding transit, increasing safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, and improving […]

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