Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

Thursday’s Headlines: More Windshield Perspective from the Times Edition

By Streetsblog | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The Times Metro section once again offered the windshield perspective on a serious public issue — the end of free on-street storage of privately owned vehicles in the public right-of-way. Plus the rest of the day's news.

State Senator Jessica Ramos is shaking up Albany. Photo: Ramos's office

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Jessica Ramos’s Bill for More Food Vendors Just Split the #BikeNYC World

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 4, 2019 | No Comments

The state senator's proposal would remove caps on the number of legal vendors who could operate — but she claims it would not lead to overwhelmed sidewalks.

Professor Charles Komanoff makes a point on the high cost of free parking at a meeting on the Upper West Side last night. Photo: Lisa Orman

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Free Parking Isn’t Free — But Upper West Side Car Owners Want To Keep It That Way

By Eve Kessler | Oct 30, 2019 | No Comments

Entitled drivers bristle at a community board forum that envisions better uses for public space than car storage.

CB9 Transportation Committee Co-Chairwoman Carolyn Thompson (in pink) predicts a battle over every parking space in Harlem when Citi Bike wants to site its docks. Photo: Dave Colon

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Manhattan CB9 Big: Citi Bike Won’t Get ‘Our’ Parking Without A Fight

By Dave Colon | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

There's gonna be a showdown over parking, says Carolyn Thompson.

Drivers who are demanding free car storage object to these two crosswalks at Hudson Manor Terrace and 239th Street in the Bronx. Photo: Eve Kessler

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UPDATED: Bronx Drivers Will Show they Value Parking Over Lives

By Eve Kessler | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

Locals seek to tear up new crosswalks on street where a child was killed by a motorist. How many parking spaces is the life of a child worth?

The afternoon bus lane on Fresh Pond Road is working. Photo: Dave Colon

UPDATE: Judge in Queens NIMBY Suit Declines to Demand City Halt Ridgewood Bus Lane

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2019 | 8 Comments

Plaintiffs argue that businesses are suffering and side streets are choked with cars. But the city wants to speed buses to help tens of thousands of long-suffering riders.

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