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Bike Parking akin to Car Parking?
November 16, 2008
NYC is looking to change its current laws to encourage more people to make the shift from cars to bikes. They are in the process of more than doubling the cities bike lanes to 420 miles by 2009. In addition, a new law would mandate that new apartment buildings set aside space for 1 dedicated bike parking spot for every 2 apartment units. FOr the full story read here... ...
Chicago to Auction Parking Off
September 3, 2008
I appreciate that cities are always looking for ways to make more money but this crazy idea out of Chicago frankly floors me. The city expects to earn over a billion dollars by auctioning off a 50 year concession on their ENTIRE parking system! The winning bidder, 'will be required to install state-of-the-art parking meters that monitor parking space availability and adjust rates to ensure an open space on each ...
Dog Days of Summer Make Parking Downtown a Dream
July 29, 2008
Not sure about the rest of you but this last week of July and the first week of August are by far the two best driving and parking weeks of the year. City congestion is gone, parkings spots abound on the streets and in public lots, the sky's beautiful and sunny, gardens are in full bloom...well you get the picture. Being able to zip across town in under 20 minutes ...
Innovation and Metered Parking Spots In San Francisco
July 25, 2008
I know it's been awhile but frankly things have been so busy that it's been hard to find time to write! I must say, for a startup business, not a bad problem to have. Stumbled on this today and am intrigued. So the city of San Francisco is launching a really interesting approach to parking in the city. As of this fall 6,000 of the city's 24,000 metered parking spaces ...
PrimoSpot Offers New Spin on Parking Search
June 30, 2008
I was having a great chat at breakfast this morning about whether or not to post this but consensus was go for it. Why the indecision? Well, frankly, we're about to tell you about another parking search service. PrimoSpot which originally launched a year ago is an interesting service designed to help NYC folks find street parking near their destination. Unlike www.parkingspots.com, these spots are hourly/daily street parking around the city of New York. Very ...
City Plowing
February 25, 2008
Now we’re not trying to disrespect all the painstaking work that the city has to do in order to keep our roads running smoothly but we are curious about why those plows always seem to pile snow right over where we need to park! You’d think there’d be some rule stating that they have to remove snow as opposed to relocating it. Just the other day, a friend parked ...
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