Congestion Pricing and Resident Permit Parking
Regardless of your position on the Bloomberg administration’s proposal for congestion pricing in Manhattan, it’s not hard to imagine how the implementation of such a plan could have a very negative trickle-down effect for those parts of the outer boroughs that are both close to Manhattan and serviced by major subway lines. As Sheldon Silver…
Regardless of your position on the Bloomberg administration’s proposal for congestion pricing in Manhattan, it’s not hard to imagine how the implementation of such a plan could have a very negative trickle-down effect for those parts of the outer boroughs that are both close to Manhattan and serviced by major subway lines. As Sheldon Silver said, “Some of those areas will become parking lots for the people driving around looking for parking spots in order to avoid congestion pricing fees.” To counter such criticism, Bloomberg has has floated the idea of making resident-only permit parking available (for a modest annual fee) in neighborhoods like Park Slope, Downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City. Queens Councilman John Liu isn’t buying the idea. “It doesn’t necessarily improve the situation, it just shifts the boundary of contention,” said Liu. “It sounds great, but I think the implementation would be a hard stretch.” Of course, there’s also another reason that residents of certain neighborhoods may want parking permits soon: Atlantic Yards. Are you in favor of resident-only parking permits?
Bloomberg Eying Resident-only Parking Permits [NY Daily News]
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I am in favor of permit parking.
driving is not a right, it is a privilege
i am tired of cars,
get out of here satan!
I AM OUT OF STATE AND MY CAR IS OUT OF STATE!
I pay $780 insurance for a FULL YEAR, and FULL COVERAGE (liability, collisin, glass, EVERYTHING!) That is about 5 times cheaper than NY Residents.
I been parking on the streets for 18 months now, saved about $6,000 in insurance and received total of 2 (yes TWO) $55/tickets in that time.
I am all AGAINST the permit parking, that will totally srew up my whole system of saving money by having car registered out of state
AGAINST IT!
All of you, find a way to register your car at your parents, aunts, friends etc houses – make it something like North Dakota, Nebraska or Michigan, you’ll save a bundle.
BROOKLYN ROCKS!!! Lived here for 7 years, had a car for 1 1/2 years – LOVE DRIVING ON THE WEEKEND, take subway on the weekday.
Why is everyone pretending that congestion pricing is a new idea that’s never been tried? Other cities have tried it, and there’s been no edge effect, as mentioned above. Stop bringing it up, already.
That said, I think parking permits are a great idea. Enough with the free parking. Your visitors can park outside the city and take a train (which is what happens in London). If you live in Clinton Hill and want to shop in Park Slope, take the bus. If the bus service sucks, it’s likely due to the congestion anyway.
I live in Amsterdam where like most European cities there is only residential parking. And the wait time, depending on neighborhood is 6 months to 5 years- yes 5 years. The effect, less cars and traffic.
I’ve been on the waiting list for three years and won’t get a car until I get the magic permit.
It’s a good idea and worth it if you don’t want your neighborhood overrun with cars and traffic.
Really everyone… is parking that important? How about the cars belching exhaust on their way to Manhattan? The proposal will reduce traffic in the downtown Brooklyn neighborhoods by 29% according to some studies. It will feel like Sunday during the week.
As it is now, people from Staten Island get a free ride in the morning (one way toll over the Veranzanno, and then free over the Manhattan Bridge.) If the tolls were even, they’d pick another route.
We all worry about traffic because of AY. Well, Congestion Pricing will reduce car travel by over 100,000 trips a day.
My neighborhood, near 4th avenue, is a parking lot anyway. I want it to stop being a highway for people traveling to Manhattan. If you care about Brooklyn’s neighborhood feel, tell your politicians to support this now, before they pave us all over.
Let’s be clear. This proposal will be a huge drain on resources of our neighborhoods that are serviced by subways. And is ridiculous especially in light of the fact that the mayor backs the AY proposal. Where the heck is anybody going to park anywhere near downtown Brooklyn is beyond me. And why do we think our roads will not be clogged by those driving around Manhattan from places like Queens or upstate New York or even Boston for that matter. They will clearly go over the Whitestone or the Van Wyck and in to Queens and through Brooklyn to avoid paying the fee to go in to Manhattan if they are heading out of town. New Yorkers aren’t the only ones on the road going through the city.
i am totally against RPP – it is just another entitlement feature for people already entitled enough to live in million dollar mansions.
we will not have parking lots resulting from congestion pricing as long as we have alternate side of the street parking during mid day hours most weekdays. You simply cannot park in Fort Greene any day and commute except Wednesday. Congestion pricing will not change this.
How the hell am i supposed to read through 125 post… 125 long posts?
Several comments:
1. ARE THE CP CAMERAS AN INVASION OF OUR PRIVACY? Yes. But how much does it matter? If you consider how it helped the London police quickly nab the post 7/11 subway bombers, perhaps it’s not such a bad thing after all.
2. VISITOR PARKING. First, that assumes that visitors to Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope etc can CURRENTLY find parking in those neighborhoods. Not so, from my experience. But there are ways to mitigate that — like selling visitor passes to residents.
3. CITY WORKERS. This is my personal bugaboo. The NY Times recently ran a long article on driving in NYC that identified that a staggeringly high number of car commuters are city workers. Why? because they are given parking privileges. Hey Mike: cancel those special petmits and reduce traffic volume in one fell swoop! (Thanks to the 5:07pm poster for also addressing this issue)
4. IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. As many others have said, the trade off for reducing car traffic has to be comprensive improvements to our public transport system: options, frequency, conditions, price.