Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: P http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/comment-page-1/#comment-40995 P Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:21:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/#comment-40995 mf- I agree with the idea of munimeters. As a last resort I might grant free residential parking permits while simultaneously adding high cost munimeters. The residents will find it much easier to park but they will be paying a much higher price. Yet since the price would be based on frequency of use- rather than a flat rate- and spread across the year it should be more palatable. I like your idea better though- I'm pretty suspicious of the idea of residential permits. mf-

I agree with the idea of munimeters. As a last resort I might grant free residential parking permits while simultaneously adding high cost munimeters. The residents will find it much easier to park but they will be paying a much higher price. Yet since the price would be based on frequency of use- rather than a flat rate- and spread across the year it should be more palatable.

I like your idea better though- I’m pretty suspicious of the idea of residential permits.

]]> By: Niccolo Machiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/comment-page-1/#comment-40991 Niccolo Machiavelli Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:47:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/#comment-40991 Is the Daily News becoming "The Onion" or what? They are "shocked" to find the budget problems at the MTA. They are complicit in any budget problems any agency has by ignoring Governor Pataki skimming for his political needs. Donahue is historically a pretty good reporter but the editorial direction they have taken with regard to MTA issues is simply irresponsible. Where were they when the debt bomb was being built? Is the Daily News becoming “The Onion” or what? They are “shocked” to find the budget problems at the MTA. They are complicit in any budget problems any agency has by ignoring Governor Pataki skimming for his political needs. Donahue is historically a pretty good reporter but the editorial direction they have taken with regard to MTA issues is simply irresponsible. Where were they when the debt bomb was being built?

]]> By: Slopion http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/comment-page-1/#comment-40962 Slopion Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:37:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/#comment-40962 "I think a more reasonable number would be $4/day monday through friday which works out to $800/yr...." Deal. Let me get my checkbook. “I think a more reasonable number would be $4/day monday through friday which works out to $800/yr….”

Deal. Let me get my checkbook.

]]> By: mf http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/comment-page-1/#comment-40959 mf Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:10:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/#comment-40959 The article about residential parking permits points out a major problem. Nobody is talking about how much it should cost. The article looks at DC and Boston to posit that the fee might be under $100/year. That's 25 cents per day, which is effectively free. So all the people without cars are still subsidizing automobile storage. The way I calculate it, the land under a parking space in downtown Brookyn is worth somewhere north of $25,000 (based on land prices in residential blocks). A decent rental charge for something worth $25,000 would be $5,000/yr. I think a more reasonable number would be $4/day monday through friday which works out to $800/yr. You could have munimeters that charged 50 cents an hour 9-5, and dispense with RPP. Since presumbably residents use the spots at night and on weekends, they are effectively paying 11 cents/hr as compared to non-residents who would be paying 50 cents/hr. The article about residential parking permits points out a major problem. Nobody is talking about how much it should cost.
The article looks at DC and Boston to posit that the fee might be under $100/year. That’s 25 cents per day, which is effectively free. So all the people without cars are still subsidizing automobile storage.

The way I calculate it, the land under a parking space in downtown Brookyn is worth somewhere north of $25,000 (based on land prices in residential blocks). A decent rental charge for something worth $25,000 would be $5,000/yr.

I think a more reasonable number would be $4/day monday through friday which works out to $800/yr. You could have munimeters that charged 50 cents an hour 9-5, and dispense with RPP. Since presumbably residents use the spots at night and on weekends, they are effectively paying 11 cents/hr as compared to non-residents who would be paying 50 cents/hr.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/comment-page-1/#comment-40957 Jonathan Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:46:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/#comment-40957 The "NAFTA superhighway" is hardly news, but you only touched the tip of the iceberg. Don't forget the evil intentions of the SPP and the secret "amero" currency that's going to replace our holy greenback. Check <a href="http://stopspp.com/stopspp/" rel="nofollow">the Stop SPP website</a> for a glimpse at the wide sweep of the conspiracy. The “NAFTA superhighway” is hardly news, but you only touched the tip of the iceberg. Don’t forget the evil intentions of the SPP and the secret “amero” currency that’s going to replace our holy greenback. Check the Stop SPP website for a glimpse at the wide sweep of the conspiracy.

]]> By: Glenn McAnanama http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/comment-page-1/#comment-40955 Glenn McAnanama Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:18:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/11/30/todays-headlines-293/#comment-40955 Speaking of "Lifestyle of Excess", I think Ben Folds Five's "All U Can Eat" is a fairly apt song for the Pre-Christmas shopping maddness: <blockquote>Son look at all the people in this restaurant What d'you think they weigh? And out the window to the parking lot At their SUVs taking all of the space They give no fuck They talk as loud as they want They give no fuck Just as long as there's enough for them Gotta get on the microphone down at wallmart Talk about some shit that's been on my mind Talk about the state of this great of this nation of ours Poeple look to your left, yeah look to your right They give no fuck They buy as much as they want They give no fuck Just as long as there's enough for them Son look at the people lining up for plastic Wouldn't you like to see them in the national geographic? Squatting bare-assed in the dirt eating rice from a bowl With a towel on their head and maybe a bone in their nose See that asshole with a peace-sign on his licence plate Giving me the finger and running me out of his lane God made us number one because he loves us the best Well maybe He should go bless someone else for a while, give us a rest [They give no...] Yeah and everyone can see [They give no...] We've eaten all that we can eat</blockquote> Something to consider inserting into your holiday playlists... Speaking of “Lifestyle of Excess”, I think Ben Folds Five’s “All U Can Eat” is a fairly apt song for the Pre-Christmas shopping maddness:

Son look at all the people in this restaurant
What d’you think they weigh?
And out the window to the parking lot
At their SUVs taking all of the space

They give no fuck
They talk as loud as they want
They give no fuck
Just as long as there’s enough for them

Gotta get on the microphone down at wallmart
Talk about some shit that’s been on my mind
Talk about the state of this great of this nation of ours
Poeple look to your left, yeah look to your right

They give no fuck
They buy as much as they want
They give no fuck
Just as long as there’s enough for them

Son look at the people lining up for plastic
Wouldn’t you like to see them in the national geographic?
Squatting bare-assed in the dirt eating rice from a bowl
With a towel on their head and maybe a bone in their nose
See that asshole with a peace-sign on his licence plate
Giving me the finger and running me out of his lane

God made us number one because he loves us the best
Well maybe He should go bless someone else for a while, give us a rest
[They give no...]
Yeah and everyone can see
[They give no...]
We’ve eaten all that we can eat

Something to consider inserting into your holiday playlists…

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