Parking

Sometimes you need a car. And yes, there are gaps in public transportation. But that doesn’t mean we want the city to resign us all to life in transit deserts.

The City Council is poised to approve the first major neighborhood rezoning of the Adams administration.  The body is expected to vote Thursday on the rezoning of 46 blocks around four new Metro-North stations planned for Co-op City, Hunts Point, Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest. The rezoning is sending a mixed message. On one hand, […]

The city doesn’t require multifamily developers to include fitness rooms, swimming pools or resident lounges in their buildings. But it does require them to include parking. Am I comparing apples to oranges? I think not. These amenities enhance quality of life for the people who use them but also make housing more expensive. For some […]

Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order that directs every city agency to investigate whether they have land that can be developed.

Borough President Donovan Richards draws a hard line on parking mandates, recommending the city keep them in low-density areas.

Let's start with parking requirements for new developments.

It's the city's first large-scale implementation of the approach after years of testing different porous pavement products.

With most of the community board recommendations in, Streetsblog mapped where residents are saying "yes" to more housing and less parking.

Council Member Kristy Marmorato wants more parking around new Bronx Metro-North stations, claiming her district is a "transit desert."

Spanish trash containers will be at the vanguard of the city's efforts to clean up streets.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards says "no" to eliminating parking mandates citywide.

Mandated parking minimums have shaped the city since the 1950s, one Brooklyn block shows the impact of this restrictive zoning policy on housing stock.

Apartments near new Metro-North stations may include as many as 200 parking spaces each despite the city's move to waive parking minimums.

Columnist Andrew Leahey says a tax on parking spaces would help address a budget shortfall in New York City and may be more politically viable than congestion pricing.

Mandated parking minimums have shaped the city since the 1950s, one Brooklyn block shows the impact of this restrictive zoning policy on housing stock.

Enthusiasm for the "smart curbs" plan was a bit muted, though there is a little for everyone in it.

#Doug Trumm June 8, 2024 New York had been all geared up to become the first American city to implement congestion pricing later this month until Governor Kathy Hochul announced a stunning reversal, saying she intended to shelve the program on Wednesday. Transit riders and climate advocates are fighting back and aiming to block the move.

Key Brooklyn community board chairs signaled on Tuesday night a resounding "no" for a key part of Mayor Adams's signature "City of Yes" zoning proposal.

City officials and others are reconsidering how New Yorkers store their cars.

Every inch of curb space in this crowded city is precious. So why are we giving so much of it away for free?

The city is zeroing in on an overlooked contributor to the housing crisis. We’re talking about parking minimums, which have been a thorn in New York City developers’ side since the 1950s. Parking garages drive up the cost of their projects but usually don’t produce a return, so developers have to charge more for their […]

Mayor Eric Adams' City of Yes zoning overhaul will legalize a lot of new housing. But it's still not enough.

The road to more housing is paved with lots of people who don't want to give up parking, as the mayor is finding as his City of Yes plan goes forward.

Now is the time to share your opinion.

The city is now facing a major civil rights suit from the Biden Administration if it doesn't eliminate illegal parking by cops and other city workers.

Free parking has a veneer of equality, but it is unfair. Here's a proposal from America's leading parking academic to make it more equitable.

Move the illegal sidewalk parking or denounce it altogether?

In the three years since New York City began installing curbside chargers for electric cars, demand has boomed — both from EV owners and from gas-engine drivers willing to risk a ticket.