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Gridlock Sam Offers Four Ideas to Cut Traffic Congestion
In today's Daily News, former New York City Deputy Traffic Commissioner "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz says congestion pricing should "proceed now" and offers four additional ideas for creating a little breathing room on Manhattan's streets:
September 12, 2007
Vote Postponed on Yankees Parking Subsidy
In an unusual move, the board of the New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) this morning postponed a vote on whether to issue tax-free bonds for parking facilities at the new Yankee Stadium.
September 11, 2007
Parking Revenue Declining, London Borough Lures Back Drivers
The City of Westminster is one of 32 London boroughs, just west of the city center.
September 11, 2007
Parallel Parking for Sociopaths
Telecommunications giant Sprint recently launched an ad campaign called "Waitless," the gist of which seems to be that one of its plans allows customers unlimited calling two hours earlier than other companies do, thereby saving "four years of waiting over a lifetime."
September 11, 2007
Pedestrian Safety Tips & Anti-Pricing Talking Points From AAA
Car & Travel magazine is published by the Automobile Club of New York, also known as AAA. In addition to being the friendly guys who schlep out at a moment's notice to tow your broken-down car, the Automobile Club has, over the course of decades, done everything in its power to ensure that nothing like congestion pricing will ever be implemented in New York City. They even opposed park-o-meters when they were first introduced in the 1930's.
September 7, 2007
The Bronx Is Burning Over Subsidized Stadium Parking
The people of the South Bronx will organize against the subsidized construction of parking garages for the new Yankee Stadium, one resident said yesterday.
September 7, 2007
Bronx Boro Prez Issues Protest at Yankees Parking Hearing
This morning a representative of Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr., read a statement of protest ahead of an expected Tuesday vote on the city's deal with the Yankees to subsidize the construction of three parking garages.
September 6, 2007
Take Me Out to the Yankees Parking Subsidy Hearing
As Streetsblog reported back in April, the city is set to subsidize thousands of parking spaces for the new Yankee Stadium by issuing hundreds of millions in tax-exempt bonds for parking deck construction.
September 5, 2007
A Few Minutes of Parking Permit Abuse With Andy Rooney
60 Minutes curmudgeon Andy Rooney is grumpy about a lot of things but using an expired press placard to park an S.U.V. in front of a fire hydrant doesn't seem to be one of them. It looks like Gawker scooped Uncivil Servants on this one:
September 4, 2007
A Crash Course on Driver Safety for Parks Dept. Employees
A Parks Dept. truck crashes a Central Park wedding
August 29, 2007