Thursday, January 14, 2016

Council, City to Address Modernizing Our Parking Systems for the Future



Editors Note First: 

  While there have been a few good ideas that have come from the current City Council that was elected in 2013 the following has to be some of the lamest ways of trying to increase revenue for New York City. How about a Muni Meter system for bicycles that also use valuable city real estate. It is a good thing that we have term limits for the City Council,

COUNCIL, CITY TO ADDRESS MODERNIZING NYC'S PARKING SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE

Upgrades and Policy Changes Will be Discussed in Addition to Three Parking Related Bills

   On Friday, January 15th, 2016 at 10:00 AM in the City Council Chambers, The New York City Council Committee on Transportation will hold an oversight hearing titled: Upgrading New York City Parking Systems for Greater Efficiency, Safety and Reliability.

The committee will also hear three pieces of legislation: 
  • Intro 326 (Council Member Garodnick): requiring parking placards to have bar codes to ensure their validity.
  • Intro 996 (Council Member Rodriguez): allowing the purchase of street parking time to be made accessible by phone application or text message.
  • Intro 999 (Council Member Rodriguez): allowing the exchange of unused parking time between mobile users.
With testimony expected from the Department of Transportation and the NYPD as well as a number of advocates, the discussion will center around what DOT has done over the past few years to push our city's parking systems into the 21st century and what plans they have for the future. Discussion will also include ideas about how city parking systems can be made more efficient with increased reliability, as well as how the city is managing these systems. 

Each parking space in New York City is real estate granted by the City as a public good, sometimes for a small fee. This hearing will address the extent to which the city aims to continue its policy of granting such spaces and at what price, as well as the externalities of this policy and its impact on other street users such as pedestrians and cyclists.

What: City Council Transportation Committee Oversight Hearing: Upgrading New York City Parking Systems for Greater Efficiency, Safety and Reliability

Who: Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Members of the City Council Transportation Committee, NYC DOT, NYPD, Transportation Alternatives, Advocacy Organizations

When: January 15th, 2016. 10:00 AM

Where: City Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan, NY 10007


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