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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for those of you for or against res. parking permits… I bet the idea being floated (since is part of proposed congestion pricing) would only be in effect for the M-F 6am-6p time frame also. So people visiting for wkends or you going out to dinner or shop in some other ‘hood would not be effected so much.
And, of course, as said before, there aren’t any spaces available for that commuter crunch anyway so maybe useless idea.
PS…And if Bloomberg wants to lower congestion and pollution in ‘busiest parts of Manhattan’…. I say tax every cab and limo ride because far, far more of those on Midtown streets than ‘private cars’. And if public transportation is so good in Manhattan below 86th street, why all those cabs and limos everywhere all day long.
a recent study said that HALF of all traffic in Park Slope is people driving around looking for a spot. I’m all for permit parking. STOP THE DRIVING
I like congestion in pricing in theory, and could live with parking restrictions if I have to – but someone needs to guarantee me that they’re going to significantly upgrade the subway system to accomodate the addtional riders. And I don’t believe they will – because they haven’t bothered to keep up with the increase in riders in the past 5 years. All the folks moving to Brooklyn, pushing up property values (and readership for this blog)? They’re all taking the subway already, or trying to. But the F, at least, is totally overwhelmed as it is from 15th Street through Manhattan. Now they want to add more riders? Great – add a LOT more trains.
I live in boston and love resident parking. It allows me to avoid paying $250 bucks a month for a rented parking spot. If I have to run an errand often it is easier to go on foot or use mass transit. For food shopping etc there is usually a parking lot.
The advantage is 85-90% of the spots are reserved for the people who actually live in the neighborhood. Speaking to higher insurance costs etc, having a car in the city is expensive no matter what. If cost is an issue you should probably ditch the car and save a bundle. When I have friends who visit I recomend taking mass transit or sucking it up and putting the car in garage.
11:18 agree completely with you.
They need to seriously improve the public transportation. If you dont live near a good “hub” it kind of sucks. I live in Bay Ridge – the stations themselves look like some abandoned part of Chernobyl – I am embarrassed to take visitors on the subway because of how disgusting the stations are. Not to mention the trains. There are some nice new ones on the 2/3 line (maybe others) but the R line trains look like they came from the jungles of Vietnam.
I personally take the subway to Manhattan, but I know lots of people who drive. They refuse to take the subway because it is incredibly dirty and unreliable. And to top it off, most trains are horriblty over crowded – you have to squeeze in like a sardine. There is no need for this. I have spent years in many European countries with my job and most have far better subway in terms of cleanliness, etc.
Why, in a city where apartments cost an average of over $1 million, can’t the damn city clean the subway stations and have some modern, clean cars?
Permit parking is a great idea. If there is a balance between resident permits and metered parking, as there is throughout DC and SF, it could work very well. Most people in NY don’t even use their cars – they just move them around to different parking spots. If they had to pay for permits, some people may realize that they don’t really need their cars. Bring it on.
Yeah, I’ve wanted permit parking for awhile in Ft. Greene — especially with AY on the horizon. But I definitely think that a 2-hour window should be allowed for visitors/guests.
While it results in a several block walk, there’s not a serious lacking for garages in FG/CH along DeKalb or Myrtle.
I just think that residents who consistently patronize local shops and tend to the area should have dibs on spaces, if they’re needed. A weekly or weekend pass could help mitigate the inconvenience for the occasional visitor.
Sorry. BH just happens to believe in RPP and CP and believes that Bloomberg believes in it for the right reasons and that he will try to make it work out fairly. Sometimes, when a society has reached the end of a nonviable trajectory (nonsustainable energy consumption), it needs to change course and try new approaches. Leaders who are pushing for change should not be ignored. Nor should they be opposed.
4 words for you…
TAKE THE FREAKIN SUBWAY!!!