Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking

The city won't have to remove the paint it just installed on Fresh Pond Road, thanks to a judge's ruling on Wednesday. Photo: Dave Colon

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

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2019 | 6 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.

The flier for tonight's bikelash gathering suggests that reducing car ownership will endanger neighborhoods.

CYCLE OF RAGE: Entitled Car Owners are Selfish Hypocrites Who Won’t Even Defend their Position

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2019 | 62 Comments

Ignore tonight's latest gathering of entitled car owners at your own risk. The "save our neighborhood" crowd has turned pro-car.

Here's Eric Adams on a bike. He also parks with a placard at Borough Hall.

Coming Tuesday: A Hot Mess at Borough Hall As Adams Addresses Placard Abuse

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 30, 2019 | 12 Comments

Borough President Adams says he wants to hear from the public about placard corruption. Fasten your seatbelts, people — it's going to be a bumpy ride!

A commercial parking lot in Queens near JFK Airport. Paid parking garages and lots are only one kind of parking in a city that has a space for each licensed driver. Photo: Way.com

Op-Ed: To Break the Car Culture, Reduce the Number of Parking Spots

By Jehiah Czebotar | Aug 21, 2019 | 62 Comments

We must amend our land-use, zoning, and on-street-parking policies to eliminate spaces and curtail their creation — fostering a vision of a life centered around people, not cars.

An Upper West side community board recently made the opening sally of a bid to bring resident-permit parking to New York. Can New Yorkers improve on other cities' methods? Photo: Streetopia UWS

Residential-Parking Permits: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

By Eric Schewe | Aug 20, 2019 | 86 Comments

It's been tried all over the country, with some big hiccups. But parking management could succeed here. The key word is "could."

How did Amsterdam become the world's cycling capital? Hint: It wasn't because the Dutch have such great weather. It's about road diets and the elimination of parking.

Op-Ed: Want Safe, Bikeable Streets? Get Rid of Free Parking, as Amsterdam Did

By Meredith Glaser | Aug 6, 2019 | 101 Comments

The city's $8-an-hour fees, residential permits, and limits to car ownership made it the world's bike capital. Is New York brave enough to try it?

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