Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

The Other Livable Streets Showdown in Park Slope Tomorrow

By Ben Fried | Oct 20, 2010 | 3 Comments

By now you’ve probably heard about the big rally to defend the Prospect Park West bike lane tomorrow morning. Everyone who can attend should make every effort to get to Grand Army Plaza at 8:00 a.m. and show how deep the support for the PPW re-design runs. There’s another event happening tomorrow that has big […]

Shoup: Tax Code Makes Employer-Paid Parking Tough to Resist

By Streetsblog | Oct 19, 2010 | 3 Comments

In the fourth chapter of what’s become an enthralling series, UCLA professor Donald Shoup breaks down the incentives at work in the Cato Institute’s decision to provide free parking for employees at its Washington, D.C. headquarters. While Cato senior fellow Randal O’Toole claims the choice has nothing to do with market distortions caused by government […]

Shoup: NPR Puts a Price on Parking. Why Not Cato?

By Streetsblog | Oct 13, 2010 | 31 Comments

Streetsblog is pleased to present the third episode in UCLA planning professor Donald Shoup’s ongoing inquiry into whether the Cato Institute’s free market principles extend to the realm of parking policy. Read Shoup’s previous replies to Cato senior fellow Randal O’Toole here and here. Dear Randal, In your September 1 post on Cato@Liberty, you mentioned […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Sanctions Bike Lane Blocking on Henry Street

By Ben Fried | Oct 13, 2010 | 38 Comments

Looks like Assembly member Joan Millman’s efforts to keep the Henry Street bike lane clear of cars belonging to church-going motorists yielded only a Pyrrhic, pre-primary day victory. For those who are just tuning into this saga, Ink Lake blogger and Brooklyn Heights resident Peter Kaufman has been trying to get the 84th Precinct to […]

NYCEDC Building a Park(ing Lot) for Downtown Brooklyn

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2010 | 28 Comments

If you’ve ever wished you could dodge more cars and inhale more exhaust on your way to the park, Downtown Brooklyn’s next green space is for you. It will be built on top of a garage with nearly 700 underground parking spots. Last Thursday, the city’s Economic Development Corporation released a request for proposals to […]

Public Tells Planning Commission They Want a Walkable Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Sep 16, 2010 | 20 Comments

A hearing on the Riverside Center mega-development yesterday revealed a popular hunger for a more walkable West Side and perhaps some interest from the City Planning Commission in the same. Extell Development is looking to build a housing and retail complex, including 1,800 parking spaces, on this waterfront site equivalent in size to two Manhattan blocks. […]

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