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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Resident parking permits in Brooklyn Heights would enable those who live here to park on our streets. Visitors could use parking garages–which are scattered about the neighborhood. On a nice day too many people drive here to go to the Promenade, Dumbo park, etc., when they could take the subway. The 2345RFAC trains all come to the Heights. Leave street parking for residents. And everyone should drive less, anyway.
“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.” Sorry, but that study was not done by an advocacy group – not objective and obviously absurd. I drive thru PS all the time and you can tell most people are driving through on their way somewhere.
we obvioulsy need to reduce our sick, sick addiction to cars
Oh, the joys of not owning a car!
I have visited boston, specifically allston and i was a bit horrified by the implications of resident only parking. No one can come visit anyone in allston. Its awful. And to make matters worse even if you live there its hard to find a parking spot anyway. I shudder to think of doing the same thing here in brooklyn. While mass transit is an alternative, its not one for everyone. Some of us are serviced by lines that are almost always in constant state of flux. My line the F seems to be undergoing track work every other weekend and has some sort of service problem. Its kind of cruel to create all these measures to try to push people to use mass transit when it clearly is already a decaying and overtaxed system to begin with. I say the city and bloomberg can’t tax people for driving/owning a car until our mass transit is completely overhauled with a modern working system that meets the required needs of the city.
seems like the selection of the neighborhoods is kind of random. When I think of neighborhoods where I can readily find a spot I do not think of Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope
I am for resident parking permits. It is getting nearly impossible to park in Ft. Greene. And it should be implemented thoughtfully, with restricted times set to the middle of the day to discourage people who might drive in just to park and take up space. For visitors a temporary guest pass could easily be issued over the internet with scan codes (like a fedEx label). More importantly mass transit has to be improved intra borough. The subways in Brooklyn are good going into and out of Manhattan and woe to you if a nabe you want to go to isn’t along the way. Take some of those billions in tax surplus and bring back the trolleys, Brooklyn is begging for a great transit system. It is our increased real estate value that is creating the tax surge, return some in services (schools and transit!). Give us subway service that runs on weekends in a more timely fashion, give us trains that run frequently other than just rush hour. Entice us to use mass transit over cars with better service.
I am for resident parking permits. It is getting nearly impossible to park in Ft. Greene. And it should be implemented thoughtfully, with restricted times set to the middle of the day to discourage people who might drive in just to park and take up space. For visitors a temporary guest pass could easily be issued over the internet with scan codes (like a fedEx label). More importantly mass transit has to be improved intra borough. The subways in Brooklyn are good going into and out of Manhattan and woe to you if a nabe you want to go to isn’t along the way. Take some of those billions in tax surplus and bring back the trolleys, Brooklyn is begging for a great transit system. It is our increased real estate value that is creating the tax surge, return some in services (schools and transit!). Give us subway service that runs on weekends in a more timely fashion, give us trains that run frequently other than just rush hour. Entice us to use mass transit over cars with better service.
I live with resident parking in Cambridge, and it was not a great solution. You can’t have overnight guests. You can have a small dinner party and invite more than one friend. You can’t drive to another part of town and use their business because you can’t park. All it does is collect more taxes from local citizens.
With congestion pricing, how do you get from Brooklyn to New Jersey without getting taxed?