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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Great Idea, but they MUST build more parking garages and/or allow visitor passes
But can Park Slope foot traffic alone support all the trendy shops and restaurants that have sprung up there?
Maybe, I don’t know.
But can Park Slope foot traffic alone support all the trendy shops and restaurants that have sprung up there?
Maybe, I don’t know.
Big YES.
Permit parking will be too bad for all the people who post here, “[Neighborhood X] is great, and you can always drive to Park Slope!”
Dear ex-chicago,
That may be the way permits work in the wind-swept expanses of Chicago, but in Brooklyn where there is no room for a rat to fart, there will be NO GUEST PASSES, you know why? because there is no place for them to park with or without the stiker.
I also rent a car when i need one, gave up owning one a year ago. However, it is really a drag, especially when I feel like doing something spontaneously. I am still in car withdrawal and its not getting better. I miss not having one. All the pols have their private cars and parking stickers that let them park everywhere. The little people have to just shut up and try figure out how to get around on the weekends when the goddam subway diversions make it impossible to use new york’s supposedly great subway system.
The way it works EVERYWHERE with resident parking is residents are given visitors permits for friends and family. You have to write the date of validity and can order quite a few. I lived in Chicago near Wrigley Field and never had a problem with it. The parking would have been a nightmare during Cubs games if they didn’t have it.
I have learned the tricks of the NYC elite class. Publicly denounce cars and the awful people who drive them. Don’t even admit you have a car, although when pressed admit your spouse “needs” the Lexus to get to the farm in Columbia County.
I have often wondered how so many parents dropping their children off for school at PS 321 in the morning, can be both zoned for 321 AND, judging from their licence plates, have a primary residence outside NY State…?
Really bugs me.