Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of City Planning

Report: NYC’s Off-Street Parking Policy Will Set Off a Traffic Explosion

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2008 | 19 Comments

Adjacent blocks in Park Slope, one built before parking requirements took effect, and one built after. If New York City maintains current parking policies, the traffic generated by the addition of new off-street spaces will likely exceed a billion miles per year by 2030, according to a report released yesterday by Transportation Alternatives. That distance […]

A Citywide Prescription for Livable Streets

By Ben Fried | Aug 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

"Streets to Live By" marshals data from several cities to make the case for investing in livable streets in New York. Today Transportation Alternatives released "Streets to Live By" [PDF], the report previewed last week in the Observer. It seeks to define what makes a street livable and to synthesize a broad range of data, […]

T.A. Urges Bloomberg Admin to Take the Lead in Parking Reform

By Ben Fried | Jul 24, 2008 | 7 Comments

A map of the area near Washington, D.C.’s new ballpark. Streets with variable-rate or permit parking are in color. After calling attention last month to the traffic-reducing power of parking reform, Transportation Alternatives has released a follow-up report with a parking prescription for New York. "Pricing the Curb" [PDF] looks to innovative programs underway in […]

Hell’s Parking Lot

By Ben Fried | May 30, 2008 | 7 Comments

If there's one thing a neighborhood overrun by traffic doesn't need, it's more public parking garages. But that's exactly what New Yorkers who live by the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel will get if the City Planning Commission allows current development patterns to continue.

Sneak Preview: More Queens Bike Lanes and Bike-Friendly Zoning

By Ben Fried | May 16, 2008 | 8 Comments

If only a zoning amendment could retroactively require the New York Times Building to provide bike parking. Some interesting nuggets are coming out of DOT bike coordinator Josh Benson’s ongoing Q & A with readers of the Times’ City Room blog. In yesterday’s installment, Benson outlined upcoming additions to the Queens bike network: In Queens, […]

City Planning: Fourth Avenue a “Missed Opportunity”

By Ben Fried | Feb 15, 2008 | 29 Comments

The 2nd Street entrance to the Crest, one of the recent additions to Fourth Avenue. After Streetsblog ran a critique of new development on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue last week, we asked the Department of City Planning to address a few questions that came up in the comments. Namely, what can be done to stop developers […]

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