The Key for Park Slope to Keep Its Big Grocery Store: Less Parking
The notion that New York City housing construction shouldn't be weighed down by mandatory parking minimums got a combative response from some City Council members at a hearing today. Streetsblog will have a thorough round-up of who said what tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here's a quick detour to Park Slope for a related story about how parking rules everything around us.
February 10, 2016
4 Reasons a $2.5 Billion Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Doesn’t Add Up
Later today, Mayor de Blasio is going to deliver his State of the City speech, and one centerpiece is expected to be a new streetcar running from Sunset Park to Astoria along the Brooklyn-Queens waterfront. It's an idea that's surfaced repeatedly in one form or another as developers have transformed sections of the waterfront into new residential neighborhoods. As alluring as it may be to picture modern rail on the streets of Brooklyn and Queens, there are good reasons it's gone nowhere.
February 4, 2016
3 Ways NYC Can Avoid Future Snow Removal Travesties for Peds and Cyclists
Here we are a whole work week after Winter Storm Jonas dumped two feet of snow on New York, and the streets are still not passable for a lot of New Yorkers who get around without driving.
January 29, 2016