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A Handful of Car Spaces, or a 27-Dock Citi Bike Station?
Because a construction site is blocking the sidewalk on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, a Citi Bike station was taken off the sidewalk in mid-April and re-installed along the protected bike lane on the other side of South 11th Street a couple of weeks ago, replacing a handful of parking spaces. The new site was the only space near the Schaefer Landing ferry dock that could accommodate the Citi Bike station within the city's siting guidelines, according to a source familiar with the situation.
July 2, 2014
City Council: Drivers With Free On-Street Parking Have Suffered Enough
It may be the Vision Zero era, but some thingsneverchange. If you're looking for cost-free, consequence-free storage of your private automobile in public space, the City Council still has your back.
June 30, 2014
Proposal to Turn Car Storage Into Human Housing Hits Brooklyn CB6 Tonight
Just a reminder that today at 6 p.m., Brooklyn Community Board 6 will hold a public hearing about the conversion of a 230-car garage on Union Street into a mixed-use building with housing and retail.
June 26, 2014
Titans of Click-Bait: The Park Slope Food Co-op Meets the “War on Cars”
In a rational world, the Park Slope Food Co-op opposing the conversion of an enormous garage into car-free mixed-use development would be as likely as Halliburton sponsoring every bike-share system in the country.
June 13, 2014
There Is Now Scientific Evidence That Parking Makes People Crazy
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Fifth in a series.
June 6, 2014
How a DOT Parking Rule Change Made NYC Streets Less Safe
I violated a traffic rule on the day I moved to New York City.
June 6, 2014
Parking Craters: Scourge of American Downtowns
Streetsblog's Angie Schmitt popularized the term "parking crater," and she explains it simply: A parking crater is "a depression in the middle of an urban area formed by the absence of buildings."
June 4, 2014
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Path, Same Old Illegal Parking
Well, that didn't take long.
June 2, 2014
Weisbrod and Kimball Tie Their Own Hands on Parking Reform
Reducing the amount of parking in new development promises to make housing more affordable and curb traffic congestion, but it hasn't gained much traction in Bill de Blasio's first months at City Hall, despite the mayor's ambitious promises to ease the housing crunch. Today, two top city officials explained why, unlike their counterparts in more car-dependent cities, New York's leaders are suggesting only the meekest changes to off-street parking policy.
May 28, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Sidewalks for Pedestrians at the 78th Precinct
Props to the 78th Precinct and commanding officer Michael Ameri for this one. Reader Wayne Bailey sends photos showing that the 78th is starting to get the sidewalk parking situation under control near the precinct house. Previously this block of Sixth Avenue was occupied by officers' personal vehicles:
May 8, 2014