Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Will Robert Lieber’s Successor Finally Fill the Gaps in PlaNYC 2030?

By Noah Kazis | May 19, 2010 | 4 Comments

NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert Lieber. Photo: New York Daily News City Hall has another big vacancy to fill. This morning the Bloomberg administration announced that Robert Lieber, deputy mayor for economic development, is returning to the private sector. Lieber’s portfolio includes the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Department of […]

Advocates: New Parking Requirements Make Housing More Expensive

By Noah Kazis | May 6, 2010 | 9 Comments

Reforming New York City parking policy is a critical component of reducing automobile use and building better public spaces. It’s becoming increasingly clear that rethinking how we store cars can help address New York City’s housing crisis as well. Requiring parking not only creates traffic, it also prevents housing from being built and drives up […]

Parking Placards: The Public Safety Risk

By Brad Aaron | May 4, 2010 | 9 Comments

This reader account of a run-in with a Traffic Enforcement Agent on Douglass Street in Park Slope is another example of how official privilege often trumps public safety. Get your hands on a parking placard, and the city is yours. She was not checking the hydrants; she was on her Bluetooth, gossiping. I watched her […]

Brooklyn CB 1, CM Levin, Beep All Demand Less Parking at New Domino

By Noah Kazis | Apr 30, 2010 | 10 Comments

In an unusual turn of events, two Brooklyn politicians and one community board are pushing for less off-street parking at the New Domino development proposed for the Williamsburg waterfront. City Council Member Steve Levin and Borough President Marty Markowitz have recently bolstered a resolution from CB 1 calling for hundreds of fewer parking spaces. A […]

Boston Endorses Parking Reform as Key Green Policy

By Noah Kazis | Apr 23, 2010 | 11 Comments

An illustration of how Boston will make its transportation system greener. Image: City of Boston "Folks, you ain’t seen nothing yet," Mayor Bloomberg told an Earth Day crowd yesterday. "The best and greenest days are yet to come." The PlaNYC update coming in 2011, he implied, would have a slew of new initiatives to make […]

Hard Cap on Hudson Yards Parking Takes Effect. Will More Reforms Follow?

By Noah Kazis and Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2010 | 8 Comments

The Hudson Yards district on the Far West Side of Manhattan now has limits on off-street parking. Image: hotdogger13 via Flickr. Strict limits on the number of parking spaces that can be built on the far West Side of Manhattan are now in force, a year after the city settled a lawsuit over the issue […]

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