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It would be actually easy to take space from cars in boroughs other than Manhattan. It just takes some push and a champion.
by finid 10y ago
It would be actually easy to take space from cars in boroughs other than Manhattan. It just takes some push and a champion.
- notJim 10y agoReally? I had the opposite experience. If you take away even one parking spot, people in Brooklyn go absolutely insane. The city was considering putting in bike lanes in my neighborhood, and tons of people showed up to the meeting in opposition to it. They all had their own reasons, but it was pretty clear that the 2 real motivations were a general dislike of cyclists, and a desire to not lose parking spots. http://gothamist.com/2016/06/22/yell_louder_cyclists.php http://gothamist.com/2016/06/22/yell_louder_cyclists.php
- dispose13432 10y agoWhy doesn't someone just build a huge commercial parking lot, and rent out parking spots? In a dense city like NY, it may actually work
- scott_s 10y agoThere's parking garages all over the city.
- dandelany 10y agoThere are plenty of these too. But street parking is always free or at least ~an order of magnitude cheaper, which is why people don't want to lose them
- rhizome 10y agoIncredible idea, I wonder why nobody thought of that. Step 1: Find a huge open space that can be paved over.
- rtpg 10y agoJapan has giant vertical parking garages with automated lifts. 15 stories, but it only requires a small piece of land. I'm sure you could make some money on that
- notJim 10y agoLess snarky answer than most people are giving you: street parking is free, while parking garages cost like a significant portion of your monthly rent per month.
- kristopolous 10y agoProbably because supporters rarely show up to city council, just the opposition So those three whiney obnoxious people get there way while the reasonable people suffer