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Paying for Parking in NYC Is About to Get Easier, But Will It Get Smarter?
Last week, Mayor de Blasio and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced the implementation of a new payment option for all of the city's 85,000 metered parking spaces. By the end of the year, people will be able to pay for parking using a mobile app.
February 12, 2016
City Council’s Zeal for Affordable Housing Crumbles If It Means Less Parking
On Tuesday, members of the City Council hammered the de Blasio administration for not guaranteeing enough housing units for low-income New Yorkers in new construction. But yesterday, when the topic turned to building more affordable housing by reducing parking requirements, several Council members lost their zeal for housing and worried more about car storage.
February 11, 2016
The Key for Park Slope to Keep Its Big Grocery Store: Less Parking
The notion that New York City housing construction shouldn't be weighed down by mandatory parking minimums got a combative response from some City Council members at a hearing today. Streetsblog will have a thorough round-up of who said what tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here's a quick detour to Park Slope for a related story about how parking rules everything around us.
February 10, 2016
If You Want to Buy a Car in Japan…
If you want to buy a car in Japan, first you have to prove that you have somewhere to park it. That's one of the policies Streetfilms encountered while interviewing experts for an upcoming three-part series on parking best practices.
February 10, 2016
A Vote for Parking Minimums Is a Vote to Keep the Rent Too Damn High
[Editor's note: With the City Council debating potential reforms to the city's parking mandates today, we're republishing this piece that originally ran in December. Stay tuned for coverage of the hearing later today.]
February 10, 2016
Parking Reforms Cut Congestion, So When Will DOT Get Serious About Them?
Earlier this month City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez convened a hearing on city parking policy. The committee addressed abuse of DOT- and NYPD-issued parking placards, but did not discuss one of the most promising initiatives in the city tool kit.
January 27, 2016
NYPD Still Resisting Attempts to Reform Parking Placard Abuse
Fraudulent parking placards are rampant in NYC, but NYPD remains opposed to a bill that would require the city to include a barcode on placards to ensure proper enforcement.
January 15, 2016
Social Engineering! Cities That Build More Parking Get More Traffic
Build parking spaces and they will come -- in cars. New research presented this week at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board finds a direct, causal relationship between the amount of parking in cities and car commuting rates.
January 13, 2016
Advocates to City Council: Parking Mandates Make Housing Less Affordable
Requiring the construction of parking spaces drives up the cost of housing in New York City, which is why parking policy reform figures prominently in the de Blasio administration's rezoning plans. Now a coalition of advocates is highlighting how much those reforms matter to the campaign to make housing more affordable.
December 14, 2015