Comments on: To Reduce Driving, Put a Real Price on Parking http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/10/to-reduce-driving-put-a-real-price-on-parking/ 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: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/10/to-reduce-driving-put-a-real-price-on-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-69853 Rhywun Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:15:25 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6380#comment-69853 And yet, the streets in every corner of NYC continue to be jammed with double parkers and circling vultures. Which means the price is still too low. And yet, the streets in every corner of NYC continue to be jammed with double parkers and circling vultures. Which means the price is still too low.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/10/to-reduce-driving-put-a-real-price-on-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-69840 Glenn Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:14:41 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6380#comment-69840 When I think about the poor desparate motorist who wants to drive for free, I really do think they are suffering. Consider this life: 1. You can't afford to pay for a stupid gargage to store your car off street so everyday you wake up and think about whether or not it's an alternate side day If YES - Get up move the car across the street to double park until Alternate side is done: Wasted time 2-3 hours 2. You need to go somewhere in your neighborhood but you're not going to put coins in a meter or god forbid short term parking. A. you lose the precious parking spot and dread returning to find a spot near home. You're already in a bad mood. B. Traffic and lights nevermid pedestrians and cyclists slow you down. It takes forever to go just 2 miles. C. You arrive at your destination, but there is no parking nearby. Double park and risk the ticket or keep circling... 3. You need to Drive into Manhattan from Brooklyn. No way can you afford the extremely fast Brklyn Battery Tunnel so you sit in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. All this to cling to the dream of car ownership and freedom of the road. You can certainly understand why they feel frustrated - it's like they were promised that everything would be free, but they didn't anticipate that the ultimate price would be Soviet style bread lines. When I think about the poor desparate motorist who wants to drive for free, I really do think they are suffering.

Consider this life:
1. You can’t afford to pay for a stupid gargage to store your car off street so everyday you wake up and think about whether or not it’s an alternate side day
If YES – Get up move the car across the street to double park until Alternate side is done: Wasted time 2-3 hours

2. You need to go somewhere in your neighborhood but you’re not going to put coins in a meter or god forbid short term parking.
A. you lose the precious parking spot and dread returning to find a spot near home. You’re already in a bad mood.
B. Traffic and lights nevermid pedestrians and cyclists slow you down. It takes forever to go just 2 miles.
C. You arrive at your destination, but there is no parking nearby. Double park and risk the ticket or keep circling…

3. You need to Drive into Manhattan from Brooklyn. No way can you afford the extremely fast Brklyn Battery Tunnel so you sit in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge.

All this to cling to the dream of car ownership and freedom of the road. You can certainly understand why they feel frustrated – it’s like they were promised that everything would be free, but they didn’t anticipate that the ultimate price would be Soviet style bread lines.

]]> By: johnson http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/10/to-reduce-driving-put-a-real-price-on-parking/comment-page-1/#comment-69784 johnson Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:35:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6380#comment-69784 If you do eliminate it all, the parking that is, you could see a city like Denver. All those beautiful large, city block sized, parking lots. More money in that then a building when the car parking pressure is on. Looks great. As a biker I see no issue with car parking. If you do eliminate it all, the parking that is, you could see a city like Denver. All those beautiful large, city block sized, parking lots. More money in that then a building when the car parking pressure is on. Looks great. As a biker I see no issue with car parking.

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