Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Moving Beyond the Automobile: The Right Price for Parking

By Elizabeth Press | Apr 19, 2011 | No Comments

You might be shocked at how much traffic consists of drivers who have already arrived at their destination but find themselves cruising the streets, searching for an open parking spot. In some city neighborhoods, cruising makes up as much as 40 percent of all traffic. All this unnecessary traffic slows down buses, endangers cyclists and […]

Henry St. Placard Abuser Fends Off NYPD By Mixing Church and State

By Noah Kazis | Apr 18, 2011 | 17 Comments

At this point, it’s hardly news that the length of the Henry Street bike lane was filled with parked cars yesterday (see here and here). Being a Sunday, it was par for the course, though still infuriating, that churchgoers were taking advantage of an informal agreement with the police to snatch that lane away from […]

To Curb Congestion, Parking Reform Must Be in PlaNYC Update

By Noah Kazis | Apr 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

Three years ago, the Regional Plan Association held a panel on congestion pricing at its annual conference. The title of the discussion was “Making Cars Pay Their Way.” At the 2011 conference last Friday, a similar panel on curbing traffic took the more generic title, “Strategies to Manage Congestion.” The difference is telling. Instead of […]

Brooklyn Pop-Up Café Wins Community Board 2 Endorsement

By Noah Kazis | Apr 14, 2011 | 6 Comments

Brooklyn’s only proposed pop-up café won the approval of Community Board 2 last night in an 18-10-1 vote, allowing the city to replace on-street parking with public seating. This pop-up is sponsored by the Ecopolis Café on Smith Street, which will pay the cost of building the temporary public space. The Ecopolis pop-up had received […]

IBO: Ending the Free Ride Over NYC Bridges Could Raise $1B+ Each Year

By Noah Kazis | Apr 12, 2011 | 19 Comments

The absence of any price on New York City’s free bridges is costing the city dearly, according to the city’s Independent Budget Office. In the IBO’s annual report listing options for raising revenue or cutting costs [PDF], tolling the East River and Harlem River bridges ranks as the second largest revenue raiser, only after reinstituting […]

Washington Heights Towers Would Add 500+ Parking Spots on Top of 1 Train

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2011 | 22 Comments

Since January, Upper Manhattan has been abuzz with news of a proposed development that could bring four new residential towers to Washington Heights. And according to developers Quadriad Realty Partners, there’ll be ample parking to go along with them. The Quadriad buildings, which would be constructed on both sides of Broadway at 190th Street, would […]

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