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Parking ReformMajor Test for Parking Reform Shaping Up on Manhattan’s West SideMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: May 24, 2010 Image: ![riverside_center[1].jpg](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/riverside_center[1].jpg "riverside_center[1].jpg") Are New York City's planning commissioners serious about parking reform? Image Caption: The site plan for Riverside Center includes a large ramp for motorists to access below-ground garages (bottom center). Image: Extell Development
Submitted by volunteer on June 24, 2010 - 13:45. categories [ ]
Need a Spot? Give OneMedia Hit link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/nyregion/11critic.htmlMedia Outlet: New York TimesDate: April 9, 2010 New York parking stinks, but it's like the weather -- and I don't mean last week's weather -- what can you do about it? Why, you can build an iPhone tool, of course. Or tweet.
Submitted by volunteer on April 19, 2010 - 15:08. categories [ ]
Bronx Assemblywoman Apologizes for Blocking Bike LaneMedia Outlet: gothamistDate: April 8, 2010 Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson is doing damage control after getting busted blocking a bike lane outside her district office in the Bronx on Monday.
Submitted by volunteer on April 19, 2010 - 14:38. categories [ ]
City Cuts Parking Placards But Ed. Dept. Gets IncreaseMedia Outlet: am New YorkDate: April 2, 2010 The city is reducing the number of parking placards it gives out to its employees, though the Department of Education bucked the trend, getting more than 1,000 additional permits this year.
Submitted by volunteer on April 14, 2010 - 16:36. categories [ ]
Local leaders blame use of city placards for parking crunch in JamaicaMedia Outlet: New York Daily NewsDate: March 23, 2010
Submitted by volunteer on March 24, 2010 - 16:03. categories [ ]
The Next New York: How the Planning Department Sabotages SustainabilityMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: February 19, 2010 Yesterday we looked at the Department of City Planning's eight-year record on rezoning and its general success at creating opportunities for development near transit.
Submitted by volunteer on March 3, 2010 - 16:26. categories [ ]
Car Navigation Systems Could Show Available Parking SpotsMedia Outlet: Popular ScienceDate: February 8, 2010 Looking for open parking spaces in the city is one of the more teeth-grinding rituals for drivers, but researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey may have hit upon a relatively low-cost solution.
Submitted by volunteer on February 16, 2010 - 15:41. categories [ ]
Astoria's Drivers are Facing a Blitz as Swarms of Traffic Agents Descend with Tickets in HandMedia Outlet: New York Daily NewsDate: February 8, 2010 Swarms of traffic agents patrol the jammed streets of Astoria's commercial strips every day, writing tickets for expired meters and double-parked cars - even as drivers sit in their vehicles.
Submitted by volunteer on February 16, 2010 - 15:35. categories [ ]
Free Parking Spots, a Text AwayMedia Outlet: The BrooklyninkDate: February 12, 2010 If you're a driver in Park Slope, you've probably spent more than your fair share of time looking for a parking spot -- about 27 minutes per day, according to a recent study by Transportation Alt
Submitted by volunteer on February 16, 2010 - 15:28. categories [ ]
Smart Growth Leader Tells Planning Commission: NYC Can Do BetterMedia Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: January 5, 2010 Image: ![Smart_Growth_Manual_Cover[1].png](http://transalt.org/files/newsroom/media/2009/images/Smart_Growth_Manual_Cover[1].png "Smart_Growth_Manual_Cover[1].png") New York may be the most transit-rich city in the nation, but that doesn't mean big changes to the city's planning policies aren't necessary. Image Caption: According to the Smart Growth Manual, "It is the planner's role not to incentivize driving, but to create a transit and pedestrian experience that makes not driving a pleasure."
Submitted by volunteer on January 26, 2010 - 15:32. categories [ ]
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