Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

NYC’s Car-Free Majority Deserves a Share of Defunct Bus Stops

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jul 16, 2010 | 10 Comments

Photo: cyclosity/Flickr When the MTA service cuts took effect last month, 570 bus stops around the city suddenly became a collective no-man’s land. Buses weren’t pulling up to the curb anymore, creating an irresistible vacuum for motorists. If you belong to a neighborhood message board or listserve, you may have come across a few dispatches […]

Council Mems Display Parking Ignorance at Flushing Commons Hearing

By Noah Kazis | Jul 16, 2010 | 15 Comments

The fight over Flushing Commons shifted to the City Council yesterday, as a key subcommittee turned its attention to the contentious megaproject and the battle royale over parking in booming downtown Flushing. Though the developers propose to redevelop an 1,100-space municipal parking lot and still increase the total amount of parking on-site, that isn’t enough […]

Big Box Mall’s Giant Parking Garage a Predictable, Preventable Waste

By Noah Kazis | Jul 8, 2010 | 43 Comments

Despite copious subsidized parking at East River Plaza, most customers still walk or take transit to get there. Who could have seen that coming? Image: Curbed In a surprise to few, the wannabe-suburban East River Plaza big box mall can’t fill its 1,428 space parking lot. As the Wall Street Journal reported this week, Manhattan […]

Final Deal on New Domino Locks in Parking, Adds Shuttle Buses

By Noah Kazis | Jun 30, 2010 | 13 Comments

Add a whole lot more cars and some shuttle buses to this picture, and you’ve got the approved plan for the New Domino. Image: The New Domino The New Domino development slated for the Williamsburg waterfront passed the City Council’s land use committee yesterday in a unanimous vote, thanks to a last-minute deal between the […]

For Parking at New Domino, Don’t Worry About Environmental Review

By Noah Kazis | Jun 25, 2010 | 7 Comments

Environmental review laws don’t stop the City Council from cutting back on parking at the New Domino. Image: The New Domino As the City Council considers the parking-laden New Domino mega-development, sustainability-minded representatives have the power to ensure that the project doesn’t put thousands of new cars onto Williamsburg’s streets. All council members have to […]

Bloomberg Touts Approval of 1,600 Parking Spaces at Flushing Commons

By Noah Kazis | Jun 24, 2010 | 8 Comments

Flushing Commons puts growth next to a major transit hub, but it’s stashing a lot of parking there as well. Image: Rockefeller Group Development Corporation. The City Planning Commission approved plans for the Flushing Commons development yesterday, sending the project forward through the land use approval process. Officials’ portrayals of this development, which will put 1,600 parking […]

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