How Will the Great Slope Parking Experiment Play Out?
A headline in today’s Times: “New Parking Rules Receive a Wary Welcome.” A headline in today’s Daily News: “Joy Spreads in Park Slope as Hated Alternate-Side Parking to be Halted.” But what do you think? Alt-Side Hiatus: Terrif or Trashy? ( polls) Photo by charles.hope.
A headline in today’s Times: “New Parking Rules Receive a Wary Welcome.” A headline in today’s Daily News: “Joy Spreads in Park Slope as Hated Alternate-Side Parking to be Halted.” But what do you think?
Photo by charles.hope.
Even though I’m broke, jobless and homeless, I’m going to rent 10 cars from Avis from June to September and leave them all in Park Slope just because.
Cars are coffins.
How are you going to get to your catskills weekend retreat without a car though?
11:36–I actually live in one of those Red States (not saying which), but I’ve noticed that people here are much less in my business than they were when I lived in BK. People here also seem to be much more tollerant of different lifestyles, voting habits, stroller choices, etc…
I always find it amusing that those who claim to be the most liberal (small L) and open are the ones who are the most dismissive & critcal of the choices of others.
And yes, I realize we’re getting waaaay off topic here.
Of course there are exceptions — some circumstances warrant car ownership and no one is in a position to judge for anyone else. But the fact remains that each individual’s car ownership negatively impacts his or her community. Cars take up a huge amount of space. They are noisy, pollute our air, and the high demand for gasoline props up fuel prices that then carry over into prices for other goods. By now we should all be aware of what this means for food prices not only in our own local communities, but around the world. I just hope car owners are truly considering ALL of the costs involved, and not just those that directly impact their schedules and pocketbooks.
” was totally wrong when I suggested a few days ago that this moratorium would last only a few days, arguing that even the city could change a few signs relatively quickly. Remarkable how bone-headed and inexplicable the decision to create parking gridlock for months is. Thankfully I live on a block where, due to poverty and lack of development, parking is quite easy. You just have to make sure your car isn’t shot up in a drive by shooting. Oh well…”
“due to poverty and lack of development”
Eh Putnamdenizen, I cant find parking now. With all that construction on Fulton St! Plus people do own cars in your neighborhood, homeboy.
If the have 1 cleaning a week in CH, parking will be a nightmare. Plus with gas over 4.00 one will move their cars.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end….
11:50, the real concern is not the change from twice-a-week to once-a-week… it’s that there will be no street cleaning regulation of any kind for about 3 months. so no one will be motivated to move their cars and others will seek out long term parking in PS
I wouldn’t suggest that folks who don’t live close by, park their cars and take off back to their respective neighborhoods…
Car thieves are salivating with this latest bit of news.
Just look for the really dusty looking vehicles, chances are, their owners live out of the neighborhood, or are away on vacation and dumped their cars in the neighborhood for the freebie “storage”.
Alternate side of the street parking makes parking EASIER… if you actuallly use your car on a daily basis.
Parking becomes stagnent when you only have to move your car once a week. People who need a car for whatever purpose, and use them on a regular basis should prefer as many parking regulations as possible. People who shoudl be discouraged from having a car are those who keep it around and hardly ever use it.