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At St. George, EDC Wants Suburban-Style Parking for Its “Vibrant Downtown”
St. George Staten Island could become the region's next great downtown. That's the plan over at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which is about to redevelop two waterfront sites immediately adjacent to the ferry terminal.
August 12, 2011
Vacca Watch: Transpo Chair a Big Booster of Parking Minimums
The Bronx is booming. Over the last decade, no borough added more new residents or posted faster wage growth.
August 1, 2011
Brennan Drops Plan for More Atlantic Yards Parking, Will Push Transit Instead
Assembly Member James Brennan has abandoned the idea of implementing additional parking minimums at Atlantic Yards. That plan would have led more people to drive to the arena while failing to keep on-street spaces open for area residents.
July 12, 2011
Jim Brennan Wants to Force Ratner to Build More Atlantic Yards Parking
Could the state legislature get in on the costly, congestion-inducing parking minimum game? And could they do it at the site of Brooklyn's biggest transit hub? Under a proposal by Assembly Member James Brennan, that's exactly what would happen.
July 7, 2011
Vacca Watch: Council Allows Parking Meter Rates to Rise to Dollar Per Hour
After a grim day, it's nice to be able to head into the holiday weekend with some good news.
July 1, 2011
Vacca Watch: At Budget Hearing, Council Calms Down, Focuses on Potholes
Call it the case of the missing demagoguery. Yesterday's City Council transportation budget hearing was less notable for what was said than what wasn't. Attacks on the city's proposed parking meter rate increase were largely absent, and the scapegoating of bike lanes and pedestrian plazas that has dominated recent hearings in James Vacca's committee failed to materialize. Mostly, council members just talked about potholes.
June 3, 2011
DOT’s Jamaica Plan: Unclog Queens Transit Hub With 1.4 Miles of Bus Lanes
We missed these when they were first released in late March, but DOT has come out with its preliminary recommendations for improving bus service in downtown Jamaica [PDF]. The plan calls for adding roughly a mile and a half of new bus lanes and beefing up an equal amount of existing lanes. It would also redesign two intersections and create new pedestrian space.
May 16, 2011
DCP Official: Parking Minimums Buy Support for Upzonings
We reported yesterday that Department of City Planning Sustainability Director Howard Slatkin recently announced that his agency "believe[s] there are opportunities to lower parking requirements" in a ring of neighborhoods around the Manhattan core. This would be an important step forward in overhauling decades-old policies that lead to more traffic and less affordable housing. Importantly, Slatkin also revealed a major reason why the department sees mandatory parking minimums as so important -- it's all about the politics of development.
May 11, 2011