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Demo Today Against Park-Hogging Judges
If you have some time to spare early this afternoon and are in the vicinity of Columbus Park in Downtown Brooklyn, Transportation Alternatives will be holding a demonstration at 1:00. It seems some judges who have been using this public space as a parking lot may take legal action to retain access for their personal vehicles.
March 20, 2008
DOT Study Measures Lower Manhattan Placard Abuse
A Department of Transportation study released Friday shows just how out of control placard parking is in Manhattan.
March 17, 2008
DOT Launches Bike Rack Design Competition
The days of the U- and wave-racks are numbered
March 14, 2008
Eyes on the Street: Taking the Lane
From a Streetsblog tipster comes this shot of five of the city's 142,000 placard-bearing vehicles parked in the bike lane on Lafayette Street between Franklin and White.
March 14, 2008
DC to Devote Parking Fees to Livable Streets
In a first for a big east coast city, Washington, DC, is putting the ideas of celebrated parking reformer Don Shoup to work. Spurred by concerns over game day traffic surges caused by the opening of a new baseball stadium, the city council recently created two performance parking pilot project zones. The most important provision of the legislation is that 75 percent of the meter revenue, after initial expenses and maintenance, "Shall be used solely for the purpose of non-automobile transportation improvements in that pilot zone." This includes a menu of transit, bicycling and pedestrian improvements including sidewalk widenings, traffic calming, separated bikeways and real-time information signs for buses and trains.
March 14, 2008
CB 4 Wants On-Street Bike Parking for Ninth Avenue
CHEKPEDS reports that Community Board 4 voted last week for the creation of on-street parking spots for bikes along Ninth Avenue:
March 13, 2008
Details of the Mayor’s Residential Parking Permit Proposal
Potential residential parking permit stickers, curbside regulations, and David Yassky.
March 12, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Residential Parking Program
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler (in back), Mayor Bloomberg, Boerum Hill Association President Sue Wolfe and Council Member David Yassky.
March 12, 2008
Fidler on the Sidewalk
Streetsblog commenter and Brooklyn Councilmember Lew Fidler adds a tenth plank to his 9 CARAT STONE transportation plan: Sidewalk parking! In today's Daily News:
March 11, 2008