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Village Residents Fight to Keep Fourth Parking Garage Off Single Block
Last year, due to protracted financial difficulties, St. Vincent's in Greenwich Village closed its doors after 150 years, one-and-a-half centuries that saw the hospital play a major role treating victims of the AIDS crisis and the 9/11 attacks. Though many in the neighborhood hoped to see a full-service hospital remain in the Village, a plan eventually emerged to turn the landmark O'Toole building west of Seventh Avenue into an emergency room and outpatient surgery center, while the hospital buildings east of Seventh would be sold to the Rudin family and redeveloped as luxury apartments.
September 21, 2011
Interview With Donald Shoup: Los Angeles Making Strides With ExpressPark
Last week Streetsblog LA talked with UCLA Professor and parking guru Donald Shoup about ExpressPark, the new parking pricing system coming to downtown Los Angeles.
August 24, 2011
Pay-By-Phone Coming To New York — Will Other Parking Innovations Follow?
New York City drivers will soon be able to pay the parking meter using their cell phones, a technological advance common in European cities and spreading quickly across the United States. A year-long, 300-space pilot will roll out this spring with the possibility of a more widespread implementation after that. It remains to be seen, however, whether the city will treat pay-by-phone as a standalone convenience for drivers or as one piece of a comprehensive rethinking of parking policy, pricing, payment and enforcement.
August 16, 2011
At St. George, EDC Wants Suburban-Style Parking for Its “Vibrant Downtown”
St. George Staten Island could become the region's next great downtown. That's the plan over at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which is about to redevelop two waterfront sites immediately adjacent to the ferry terminal.
August 12, 2011
Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair a Big Booster of Parking Minimums
The Bronx is booming. Over the last decade, no borough added more new residents or posted faster wage growth.
August 1, 2011
Brennan Drops Plan for More Atlantic Yards Parking, Will Push Transit Instead
Assembly Member James Brennan has abandoned the idea of implementing additional parking minimums at Atlantic Yards. That plan would have led more people to drive to the arena while failing to keep on-street spaces open for area residents.
July 12, 2011
Vacca Watch: Council Allows Parking Meter Rates to Rise to Dollar Per Hour
After a grim day, it's nice to be able to head into the holiday weekend with some good news.
July 1, 2011
Vacca Watch: At Budget Hearing, Council Calms Down, Focuses on Potholes
Call it the case of the missing demagoguery. Yesterday's City Council transportation budget hearing was less notable for what was said than what wasn't. Attacks on the city's proposed parking meter rate increase were largely absent, and the scapegoating of bike lanes and pedestrian plazas that has dominated recent hearings in James Vacca's committee failed to materialize. Mostly, council members just talked about potholes.
June 3, 2011
DOT’s Jamaica Plan: Unclog Queens Transit Hub With 1.4 Miles of Bus Lanes
We missed these when they were first released in late March, but DOT has come out with its preliminary recommendations for improving bus service in downtown Jamaica [PDF]. The plan calls for adding roughly a mile and a half of new bus lanes and beefing up an equal amount of existing lanes. It would also redesign two intersections and create new pedestrian space.
May 16, 2011