Gothamist: Downtown Parking is Terrible

The Edge

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:18:57 -0500

People who live in LI have no excuse to not take the LIRR. You've got a station within a 10-15 minute drive no matter where you live. And quite a few of them aren't ghetto, either. NJ, unfortunately, is not so lucky. Newark? Harrison? Blech.

uskyscraper

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:18:53 -0500

For this study to have any value whatsoever, should it not include parking garages (public and private) as well? Who cares about street parking? What are the total number of spaces of all kinds of parking?

eyekantspel

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:00:43 -0500

The poor parking is additional evidence that congestion pricing is not necessary. No one is going out for a leisurely drive south of 59th Street M-F during business hours. Congestion pricing is just going to be adding another inefficient bureaucracy, and no doubt much of the money it generates will do nothing but help feed that bureaucracy. Raise the gas tax, tax on off-street parking and the price of metered parking and in the area if you want to punish drivers-- it can be done a lot more efficiently. The idea of a monitored wall around manhattan with cameras and ezpass type system is really lousy. It won't cut down on congestion and will be hugely inefficient, even though it sounds good to people who lack the power to think beyond "i don't have a car, so no one should." Anyone who thinks differently-- just look at the tolls for using the B&T system to enter Manhattan. All that money doesn't seem to keep our infrastructure in good shape or benefit the public at large, it just lines the pockets of the wasteful slugs who administer the system and raise prices every year or two. Congestion pricing will be no different.

Ph

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:10:07 -0500

Hey I love driving, but you couldn't pay me to park down there.

rdc

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:13:39 -0500

It's not like parking all the way uptown in Wash Hts/Inwood is much better.

Snoopy

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:57:16 -0500

Instead of all those illegal immigrants dressed up like rent a cops, what this city needs is more officers like Judge Dredd.

westernqueensland

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:17:17 -0500

They should cash in all of the city parking permits and start charging market rates for those spots ($40 per 1/3 day). We have to stop subsidizing vehicle travel into Manhattoe

EastRiver

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:52:28 -0500

Considering there is virtually no affordable housing below Canal Street exactly who are we supposed to feel bad for? If you live there you should be able to afford a garage space. And frankly, you really shouldn't own a car in New York anyway. And if you're driving in for work I would say take the subway.

saveferris47

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:37:44 -0500

Good. Parking should be terrible downtown.