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Today Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan revealed details about their Residential Parking Permit (RPP) proposal, which would restrict parking in some neighborhoods to locals during specific times. The plan is part of the mayor’s Congestion Pricing proposal and the RPP program is designed to foil commuters who would drive into neighborhoods just outside the congestion pricing zone, leave their cars for the day on a residential street, and then take the subways or buses into Manhattan to avoid paying a congestion fee.
The varying details of the residential parking program will be decided by each neighborhood’s community board (including whether or not to even participate in the program.) For instance, different neighborhoods may want to limit parking to residents during different times, depending on when rush hour is worse. According to the mayor’s announcement, in the fall of this year residents can petition their local community board to hold a public hearing to hammer out the details of their permit and put it to a vote. The borough president and the local city council member must also sign off on each community’s program.
The Mayor said today that an annual fee of approximately $10 would be charged for each permit, which would be issued to residents who show proof of vehicle registration at an address within the permit area. The RPP is modeled on similar programs that have proven successful in other U.S. cities, including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. But if the Congestion Pricing plan falls through, the RPP would also be abandoned, and the city plummets back down to the ninth circle of parking hell.
Above photo by Streetsblog's Aaron Naparstek
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This is going to be unpopular with those who register their vehicles out of state to save on insurance.
Toby:
GOOD!!!
I like this. Anyone who doesn't live in the city but uses our resources without paying for them can piss off.
Nice work , really well written article and great work keep it up guys!!
by arul vigg.
The entire city just got a $10 parking fee. No need to waste money on expensive things like munimeters or god forbit, per car meters. Another nickel and dime tax and another budget windfall for the general budget.
I would only endorse this if we get free public transportation Anything else would just pad the pockets of politicians and their cronies, and we will still see the yearly fair hikes.
More government restriction/control = Bad IMO.
$10 per year? Why is the city giving away practically free parking while subway fares continue to go up?
[7] excellent question
not only is the cost of using mass transit increasing, the system is inadequate in addressing current capacity, poorly run in general and riders must put up with filthy, dilapidated stations, buses (the Bronx), and subway cars.
Your reporting of the $10 fee is incorrect. That is a hypothetical number. It is TBD at a future date, and obviously likely to be higher. (Let's hope.)
I'm a huge supporter of this plan (it should have been put into place years ago), but I was also taken aback by the $10 fee. I had always expected that it would be $20 per month or $200 a year or something like that.
People who live in the 'burbs have to pay to get a permit to park at Metro-North stations in most towns, and it can range from $40 a month to double that, depending on the town. Sounds like a lot, but it was actually reasonable once you thought about it. I don't think RPP permits should be that high, but I'm not sure $10 a year is completely fair, either.
so I still have to move from my motorcycle from one side of the street to the other at varied hours, pay the overpriced tickets of some meter reader's quota and now get to go through red tape at the neighborhood level with the added privilege of shelling out more cash to the city while mass transit gets even more crowded and rates rise.
joy
@ lower manhattan: As I wrote above, $10 is an approximation.
See you in court Mike.
So with congestion pricing, I have to pay to drive into Manhattan, though I can do that now for free.
And now I'd have to pay to park in my own neighborhood, where I already park for free.
So what you're saying is, if you are unfortunate enough to live in a neighborhood where commuters will likely dump their cars to take the subway (as I am), YOU are going to have to pay so THEY can't park? Anywhere else in the city you can park for free. So basically, it's like an additional tax for those of us who live near the subway and have a car while the rest of the city can continue to park for free in their neighborhoods.
That totally sucks.
What #14 said.
WIT THE NEW TAX PLAN IS 5 TIMES MONEY EQUALS MILLIONS OF DAL LARS EQUALS BLOMBERG
1) THE TAX FROM LOCAL RESIDENT FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO PARK IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOSE
2) THE TAX FOR ALL SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO PAY A PLUS TAX FOR DOING BUSINESS
3) TICKETING EVERYBODY WHO WILL PARK VS THE LAW( EVRY CAR WHO IS REGISTER IN NYC HAVE PAID A MINIMUM OF 100 DOLLARS INPARKING TICETS EVERY YEAR)
4) THE FEDERAL BIG MONEY FOR THE CITY -"NOT ANY PAY BACK FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENT WHO WILL SUFFER FROM THE PARK AND RIDE AND ALL OUTER NEW REGULATION'S (CALL IT TAX SCAMS)
5) ALL NEW GARAGE SYSTEMS BUSINESS WHO WILL COME UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WIILIAMSBURG TO PROVIDE THE PARK IN RIDE FOR OUTSIDERS AND THAT TAX WILL NOT GO TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS
5 TIMES MONEY EQUALS MILLIONS OF DAL LARS EQUALS BLOMBERG
this plan would suck for people who 'live off the grid' subletters etc.
How many people "live off the grid" and still drive? That isn't very far off the grid if you ask me.
not the official cabin in the woods wiping your ass with leaves "Offthegrid"
How would this work for people driving in to visit friends or people with secondary residences in the city within those areas?
I don't see how they can just say, sorry if you don't claim this as your primary residence and have insurance attached to an address in the area then you can't park here during this time. There has to be some simple way to charge a daily parking fee at the least for these cases.
Perhaps muni-meters for non-residents with more than a 1 hour limit - $20 for 12hours perhaps?
How would this work for people driving in to visit friends or people with secondary residences in the city within those areas?
Pave your front lawn lol