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I don’t feel like researching it and it has probably been mentioned in this thread before, but I suspect that parking is becoming more of an issue because historically car ownership in the city has been very low. That seems to be changing, pretty significantly. If permit parking didn’t exist in the past, it’s probably because it wasn’t needed.
I first learned the ins and outs of permit street parking when I moved to Richmond VA for college wayyyy back in 1987.
Low but probably higher than most think. 45.21% of all NYC households have a car, but when you exclude transit-rich Manhattan 52.33% of the outer borough households have a car according to the US Census - https://bit.ly/3apGnjh
Start hitting those large multi-family buildings in Manhattan with huge fines for all the effing cones they put out to block out parking spaces. That should bring in good amount of money.
On UES alone nearly every other building has not just space in front of door but entire frontage of property blocked off with cones.
Low but probably higher than most think. 45.21% of all NYC households have a car, but when you exclude transit-rich Manhattan 52.33% of the outer borough households have a car according to the US Census - https://bit.ly/3apGnjh
Exactly!
You can get along fine in Manhattan without owning a motor vehicle for most part; OTOH Staten Island, huge parts of Brooklyn, Queens and bits of the Bronx are another matter.
Parking in Manhattan is a huge issue as there simply aren't enough street spots to meet demand for various reasons.
During day many avenues and streets are under a vast array of no or restricted parking rules and or subject to metered rates. Evenings and overnight out come the cones and other ways to block off parking for residents of high rise multi-family buildings.
Mind you many buildings do offer parking garages, but residents don't want to pay going rate so use street instead.
It works okay in other cities at securing resident parking- though I imagine in many many neighborhoods in NYC that isn't an issue. If you're only talking the dense areas adding permits- it's merely an added tax. $30 is nothing and permits would be unlimited.
Charge $150 and limit what you sell and it becomes something of particular value.
That all said- if even a penny went to the MTA it's another slap in the face to the residents of NYS.
Curb the budget of MTA at ANY cost. It's outrageous.
First fix in NYC--- Overtime for MTA is capped at 5% annual budget.
After that- each percent is a budget line cut and borrowed form next years revenue.
How many more effing ways is MTA going to have their hands in our back pockets?
There are already a vast and bewildering array of taxes, fees and surcharges (look at your ultility bills) in aid of funding MTA. This includes the mortgage recording tax as well:
Low but probably higher than most think. 45.21% of all NYC households have a car, but when you exclude transit-rich Manhattan 52.33% of the outer borough households have a car according to the US Census - https://bit.ly/3apGnjh
As always, the numbers in NYC are skewed due to the nuances. It's similar to median income in NYC that is officially in the mid $30's but yet NYC is the costliest city in the US to live in. How does that work? The answer is that the real median income isn't in the mid $30K's for anyone that actually works and supports themselves in this city.
Same with the car ownership statistic.
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