Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

New Video Sim Bets San Franciscans Will Heart Performance Parking

By Matthew Roth | Aug 6, 2010 | No Comments

In a refreshing turn, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which runs Muni and manages the streets of San Francisco, has produced an informative and whimsical animated short explaining how their dynamic parking management pilot, SFPark, will work. The video (and pretty much everything else about the SFPark.org website) uses a cute Sim-City aesthetic […]

Council, EDC Spend $3 Million to Keep Parking Cheap at Flushing Commons

By Noah Kazis | Jul 30, 2010 | 12 Comments

The now-defunct Q14 bus didn’t get a reprieve from the City Council, which decided money was better spent on encouraging people to drive. Photo: dj.surf.lfs/Flickr The Flushing Commons development sailed to a 44-2 vote of approval in the City Council yesterday after the city arranged a set of concessions to local merchants who had opposed […]

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More Space for Parking Than Offices at Boston-Area TOD

By Noah Kazis | Jul 26, 2010 | No Comments

A proposal to build new office and residential space near the end of Boston’s Green Line will also triple the amount of parking at the station. Photo: HelveticaFanatic/Flickr Another city, another would-be transit-oriented development undermined by a glut of parking. This time it’s Newton, Massachusetts, where plans are underway to build 420,000 square feet of […]

Manhattan CB 7 Demands 800 Fewer Parking Spaces at Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Jul 23, 2010 | 11 Comments

Riverside Center won’t build a second parking deck if CB 7’s recommendations are adopted. Image: Extell Development Manhattan Community Board 7 approved its recommendations for the Riverside Center mega-project in a special meeting last night, laying out a long list of demands. Many of the modifications would make the development more walkable, whether by integrating […]

“Movement Afoot” to Drop Downtown Brooklyn Parking Minimums

By Noah Kazis | Jul 23, 2010 | 7 Comments

New York’s third central business district doesn’t need mandatory parking minimums. Photo: Brownstoner As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the Department of City Planning is currently studying the merits of parking minimums in some of New York’s transit-rich neighborhoods, like Harlem and western Brooklyn and Queens. And local interests in at least one neighborhood, Downtown […]

Quinn Praises Empty Garage at East River Plaza Ribbon Cutting

By Noah Kazis | Jul 20, 2010 | 46 Comments

Council Speaker Christine Quinn cuts the ribbon for East River Plaza and its 1,428 parking spaces. Photos: Noah Kazis Officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the suburban-style East River Plaza shopping complex today. The fleet of cars that the city’s leading politicians and developers arrived in barely registered in the mall’s giant parking lot. […]

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