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Eyes on the Street: Minivans Parked All Over Williamsburg Sidewalk, Bikeway
A reader sent in this photo of what looks to be several dozen minivans in Williamsburg parked all over the sidewalk and bike lane on Kent Avenue.
October 3, 2013
There’s a (Parking) Place for Us
This post is #14 in the Sightline series, Parking? Lots! Alan Durning is the executive director of Sightline.
September 27, 2013
Alan Durning on Reasons to Be Optimistic About Parking Reform
We hope you enjoyed part one of our Q&A with Alan Durning. Durning is publishing a series of articles on his blog at the Sightline Institute -- where he serves as executive director -- about the ways that underpriced parking drives up rents, eats up space, and makes no sense.
September 19, 2013
Alan Durning on the “Ruinous, Vicious Circle” of Underpriced Parking
Many people have been inspired by UCLA Professor Donald Shoup’s epic takedown of American parking policy, but few have turned that newfound passion into the kind of scholarship Alan Durning has produced on the issue. The executive director of the Pacific Northwest’s sustainability think tank, Sightline Institute, has now published 12 installments in a series called “Parking? Lots!” -- and there's more coming.
September 18, 2013
Apartment Blockers
Alan Durning is the executive director and founder of Sightline Institute, a think tank on sustainability issues in the Pacific Northwest. This article, originally posted on Sightline's blog, is #9 in their series, "Parking? Lots!"
September 17, 2013
Don’t Ask Seth Pinsky About NYCEDC Parking Development
"The worst thing we could do is create projects that create a parking need and then not provide that parking."
August 15, 2013
Donald Shoup Breaks Down Two Years of Data From Groundbreaking SFpark
Donald Shoup may be known as a guru of smart parking policy, but even he has found a few surprises in the data collected so far from SFpark.
August 8, 2013
As Car2Go Eyes NYC, Will DOT Put a Price on Curbside Parking?
Many New Yorkers are familiar with car-sharing services -- like Zipcar, Hertz Connect, Enterprise CarShare, and Carpingo -- that charge by the hour or day, with a reserved space where customers must start and finish a round-trip rental. Daimler-owned Car2Go operates differently: it charges by the minute or hour, and is focused on one-way rentals, allowing users to return a car to any on-street space within the company's service area. The company, already operating in ten North American markets, is eyeing New York.
July 31, 2013
NYC’s Top Parking Subsidizer, Seth Pinsky, Moves On
Seth Pinsky, whose legacy as head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be years of parking-induced traffic in city neighborhoods, with taxpayers footing the bill, is headed to the private sector.
July 16, 2013