A Push for Residential Permit Parking Near the Arena
Brooklyn Speaks, the coalition of neighborhood groups, is urging residents to support residential permit parking legislation which the City Council will hear testimony about on Wednesday. According to Brooklyn Speaks, residential permit parking—which will limit on-street parking to residents in various neighborhoods at certain times—would be particularly useful for people who live near the Barclays…
Brooklyn Speaks, the coalition of neighborhood groups, is urging residents to support residential permit parking legislation which the City Council will hear testimony about on Wednesday. According to Brooklyn Speaks, residential permit parking—which will limit on-street parking to residents in various neighborhoods at certain times—would be particularly useful for people who live near the Barclays Center arena since “an expected 35-40% of arena patrons will arrive for events by car.” That translates to “as many as 6,100 cars travelling to the site” for each event. The idea is that the permitting system would result in fewer arena patrons driving to events, thus “reducing congestion and making streets safer.” Think residential permit parking would work near the arena and in other neighborhoods? Let us know in the poll below.
Speak Up For Residential Permit Parking in Central Brooklyn! [Brooklyn Speaks]
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Check out the successful San Francisco residential parking permits as a model.
Check out the successful San Francisco residential parking permits as a model.
DC has a great permit system. Based on neighborhood zones and strictly enforced. I don’t understand why NYC can’t adopt the same system.
Check out the successful San Francisco residential parking permits as a model. In that case, each neighborhood has to request RPP and what started in one neighborhood, North Beach, spread to the next neighborhood until it reached a neighborhood that had room for commuter’s cars. Once on the RPP program, no San Francisco neighborhood has ever requested it be removed. Three-wheeled meter maids also reduce crime by monitoring parking.
I once wrote requesting this and received a letter from the mayor’s office telling me parking by permit was officially tied into the congestion pricing proposal. No congestion pricing no parking by permit