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Great link about NYC parking day

Check out this great blog which talks about NYC parking day, where "you'll have the opportunity to turn parking space into public space".

How Congestion Pricing Would Affect Manhattan Parking & NYC Parking

Among the many issues that have arisen out of Mayor Bloomberg’s Congestion Pricing plan (PlaNYC), NYC parking may be the most contentious. Neighborhoods such as Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights would be likely to receive residential parking permits under the Mayor’s plan, which is a large part of the reason why these sections of Brooklyn are supporting PlaNYC. However, neighborhoods like Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Midwood would probably not receive residential parking permits for their residents. That coupled with insufficient mass transit alternatives in these areas has resulted in strong opposition among many of the residents in these and other outlying sections of the five boroughs.

My German TV interview - Germans fascinated by NYC parking

Last Friday I did a TV shoot for RTL, which is a very big broadcasting company in Germany. Their shows go out to most of Western Europe via cable and are seen on regular (non-cable) TV in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

It seems that Germans are fascinated by one aspect of New York City parking: alternate side of the street parking regulations. It is an odd quirk of NYC parking that on the days when the streets with these parking

Should all NYC street parking be metered?

I little while back, I posted here about the idea being circulated to raise the cost (or add a cost where it is currently free) to park on the street in NYC.

Last week I attended a presentation by UCLA professor Donald Shoup, who authored the book "The High Cost of Free Parking". Shoup’s ideas focus on the concept that free street parking encourages traffic by way of offering an incentive to drivers to circle endlessly for a free parking spot. I agree that people looking for a spot cause much congestion in NYC and other "PC" (Parking Challenged") cities. Professor Shoup proposes that street parking should all be metered (without hourly limits), priced high enough that there are always a few open parking spaces on every street and that all additional revenue be split between the City government and the district that adopted this plan. During the Q&A that followed the professor’s presentation, I suggested that because the NYC government earns so much revenue from parking tickets (well over $550 million annually), the City may be reluctant to implement Shoup’s concept.

How does parking reflect on you and your business?

Seth Godin has a fantastic post over at Seth Godin's Blog about the message a company sends to their customers (and staff) by where they park. Does your company have a "me first" or "customer first" attitude?

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Link to article about NYC parking and gridlock

A very good article by Emi Endo ran on AMNY.com which discusses the relationship between cheap or free NYC street parking and traffic. To read my thoughts on this click here.

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Raising the price of NYC street parking

An excellent article by Emi Endo ran in today's NY Newsday that discusses the prospect of charging more (or in the case of free street parking spots, enacting charges) to park on the street.

Website being launched to report NYC parking permit abusers

As reported by AM New York here and by Fox News here, the group Transportation Alternatives has launched a website where people can upload photos of illegally parked cars sporting parking permits & placards. The background is that while city government officials and workers are often issued special parking permits, these are only intended to be used while on official duty.

Is Park Slope really the worst place to park in NYC?

There is a great blog post over at The Gothamist that talks about how bad parking is in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn.

No question that it's bad there - real bad. But worse than Midtown Manhattan? I don't know, for my money, nothing beats Midtown Manhattan during the day on a weekday. The fact that people...

NYC finally bearing down on illegal permit parking?

NYC government employees have been parking illegally for quite some time now. They use parking permits which are intended to be used for official business to park wherever and whenever they like. Of course, not all city employees are doing this, but studies have shown that over 75% of parking permit holders use these permits to park illegally. Check out a great post about this over at streetsblog , which really is a terrific blog.

I say that it's about time that the city cracked down on this illegal practice. NYC made over $575 million in 2005 in parking ticket revenue, but suprisingly that figure drops slightly (to $552 million) in the 12 months spanning June 2005 - June 2006. The City officials can't be happy about this revenue drop, maybe they finally realize that they will actually earn more revenue (because the abusers will be forced to use parking meters and parking lots & garages - estimates are that as much as $46 million are lost because of parking permit abuse annually) by toughening up on this sickening abuse of power.