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Quinn Deal Reduces Parking — and Housing — at St. Vincent’s Site
Responding to requests from the community board and advocacy groups, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn did what neither the City Planning Commission nor Borough President Scott Stringer would: reduce the excessive number of parking spaces planned for the Rudin family's redevelopment of the St. Vincent's Hospital site.
March 16, 2012
Reforms to Parking Minimums on the Table for Many NYC Neighborhoods
Last month, the New York Times gave some much-deserved attention to the parking reforms working their way through the Department of City Planning. In a pair of articles, real estate reporter Marc Santora revealed how efforts to reform the city's outdated parking minimums, which promote driving and make housing less affordable, are progressing. (Santora unfortunately made a number of factual errors -- misstating the extent of parking maximums in Manhattan, for example.)
March 12, 2012
Unhealthy “Foods”: Huge Whole Foods Parking Lot Will Discourage Walking
The proposed Gowanus Whole Foods is moving forward after eight years of planning and debate, following a vote by the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals today. With it will come a 248-space surface parking lot: a semi-suburban design plunked down amidst some of Brooklyn's most walkable neighborhoods.
February 28, 2012
NYC Parking Requirements Make More Traffic, New Research Confirms
Evidence continues to mount that New York City's mandatory parking minimums encourage people to drive.
February 28, 2012
Report: Pollution From U.S. Parking Spaces Costs Up to $20 Billion Per Year
Parking spaces keep getting more costly.
February 23, 2012
Nashville Scrapped Parking Minimums Downtown. Why Can’t Brooklyn?
Want to understand just how twisted the politics of parking are in New York City? Take a look at Nashville, Tennessee.
February 22, 2012
Q Poll: Chris Quinn’s Parking Agenda Out of Touch With New Yorkers
To hear Christine Quinn tell it, New Yorkers are crying out for relief from unjust parking policies. Over the last two years, it seems that when City Council members weren't flogging legislation to add layers of bureaucracy to DOT's street safety program, they were tripping over themselves to absolve motorists of one responsibility after another.
February 9, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Next-Gen No Standing Signs in Inwood
The city recently replaced four parking spots at Park Terrace West and W. 218th Street, in Inwood, with a no standing zone. The 34th Precinct reportedly requested the change to give drivers exiting Park Terrace West, a northbound one-way street, a better view of east-west traffic on 218th.
February 6, 2012
The House That EDC Built: A 9,000-Car Complex With 8,930 Empty Spaces
In case you're just tuning in, all that taxpayer-subsidized parking built for the new Yankee Stadium has failed beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
February 3, 2012
City Planning Commission OKs Excess St. Vincent’s Parking
The City Planning Commission approved a Rudin family request to build 50 percent more parking than allowed at the site of the former St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village. The commission's unanimous approval came last Monday despite opposition to the parking garage from the local community board and evidence that Rudin hadn't met the city's own requirements for granting exemptions to parking maximums.
January 26, 2012