Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Yankee Stadium Parking Boondoggle Getting Worse Every Day

By Ben Fried | Jun 16, 2010 | 9 Comments

The subsidy for the new Yankee Stadium’s 9,000 parking spaces keeps turning into a worse deal for New York City taxpayers. Juan Gonzalez reports in the Daily News that the garage operator is deep in the red, even after last year’s extended championship season: As of this month, Bronx Parking Development LLC owes the city […]

New Domino Drops 266 Parking Spaces. How Low Can It Go?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 14, 2010 | 17 Comments

Local activists have made Williamsburg’s New Domino a little less auto-centric. Image: The New Domino How few parking spaces should be attached to new developments to make New York a more sustainable city? That’s the big question for developments like Brooklyn’s New Domino, the huge project slated for the Williamsburg waterfront where developers originally proposed […]

If Bus Stops Disappear, What Will Happen to All That Space?

By Noah Kazis | May 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

Photo: cyclosity/Flickr Starting June 27, 570 bus stops across New York City could disappear. Unless Congress delivers an 11th hour reprieve — still a distinct possibility — service cuts will axe or reroute dozens of bus lines, raising the question of what to do with all the curbside real estate at these potentially defunct stops. […]

How Portland Sold Its Banks on Walkable Development

By Noah Kazis | May 25, 2010 | 8 Comments

Gresham, Oregon used to look like your typical suburb. Lots of lawns and lots of parking. When Portland’s MAX light-rail line expanded to Gresham, developers saw an opportunity to bring something different: walkable development. But a downturn in the local real estate market interceded. One developer trying to build a four-story condo project decided that […]

At First Riverside Center Hearing, Planning Commission Quiet on Parking

By Noah Kazis | May 25, 2010 | No Comments

On the west side of Manhattan, Extell Development is proposing to build two levels of below-ground parking, each covering most of the two-block footprint of the Riverside Center site. Image: Extell Development [PDF] The City Planning Commission certified Extell Development’s parking-filled Riverside Center proposal yesterday afternoon, setting in motion the city’s land use review process. […]

Major Test for Parking Reform Shaping Up on Manhattan’s West Side

By Ben Fried | May 24, 2010 | 18 Comments

The site plan for Riverside Center includes a large ramp for motorists to access below-ground garages (bottom center). Image: Extell Development Are New York City’s planning commissioners serious about parking reform? An important test case is shaping up on Manhattan’s west side, where Extell Development is trying to build 1,800 parking spaces in an area […]

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