ASS Survey - Park Slope

dailyheights · July 2008

Link to click for survey http://69.73.145.231/~opiniont/NYCDOT/ or first read the blah blah blah:

On Monday, May 19, 2008, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) temporarily suspended alternate side of the street parking regulations (ASP) in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn's Community Board 6 in order to install signs with new regulations consistent with the needs of the New York City Department of Sanitation. To facilitate parking for local residents the new ASP regulations will reduce parking restrictions from three-hour intervals to 90 minutes and from twice a week to just once a week. The new street cleaning regulations will take effect once sign changes are complete for the entire area. The NYCDOT will give advance notification before enforcement resumes. The changes do not affect other non-ASP parking rules or meter regulations.

The New York City Department of Transportation is evaluating the effects of temporarily suspending ASP regulations in the Park Slope neighborhood.

The study will examine how the suspension of ASP regulations affects:

* Parking duration and turnover
* The percentage of vehicles parked on the street that are owned by residents vs. those owned by visitors
* Traffic volumes (due to changes in search traffic)
* Induced demand

On-street parking and traffic volume data collection efforts are currently underway. The NYCDOT will also be collecting data once the new alternate side of the street parking regulations are in effect. The analysis is expected to be completed in Fall 2008.

For the next 3 weeks, NYCDOT will also gather qualitative feedback on whether the suspension of alternate side of the street parking regulations has changed parking and traffic conditions in Park Slope. Anyone (residents and visitors) who parks on-street in the affected area is invited to visit this website at http://69.73.145.231/~opiniont/NYCDOT/ and complete our brief survey.

Thank you.
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Dalila Hall, AICP
Director of Planning Studies
NYC-DOT
Office of Planning & Sustainability
40 Worth Street, Rm. 1029
New York, NY 10013

bergenites · July 2008

So if we all vote that the suspension actually caused our streets to be CLEANER, do you think we might be able to convince DOT to suspend alternate side parking altogether?

brooke lynn knight · July 2008

I'll be honest -- my street stayed very clean, partly because we all cleaned it for a block party last month, and partly because many of us pitched in to bag the gutter trash througout the ASS suspension.

What's more, I drove my car MUCH less without ASS. Like Frank Costanza, once I found the good spot on the good block, I didn't want to move the thing.

On the other hand, ASS makes me move the car at the very least once a week. I have to drive it to work in Manhattan because I'm not in Bklyn during the street-cleaning hours, and I have to park it in a garage, which is very expensive (~$30). And hey, since I know I can't leave it parked anyway, there's much less incentive not to drive on weekends.

So if the goal is to discourage driving, ASS = EPIC FAIL.

Of course, we all know the actual goal is to boost revenue. And it sure does rack up the tickets -- a real win for our benevolent leaders.

possibly_maybe · July 2008

damn, this thread isn't quite as exciting as I'd hoped it'd be.

daver · July 2008

I didn't get to participate in the ASP suspension, but I would agree with Brooke Lynn Knight. I think I would definitely drive _less_ without it. I haven't had a car very long now, and I _way_ prefer taking transit so I can read and stuff. But I often find myself taking the car when I don't need to because I was too tired to find a spot on the correct side the night before so I wouldn't need it, and then I can't find one in the morning quick enough so that I can get to the subway and to work on time. So I say fuck it and drive. I try to combat this by forcing myself to find a spot on the correct side the night before, but when I see all the open spots on the wrong side across from my apartment they beckon to me and say, "There is no need to drive around for the next twenty minutes, then walk multiple blocks. You can just park here. There will be a space on the other side open in the morning." So I park. Damn voices lie though, everything is always fucked the next morning.

jamzer · July 2008

Brooke Lynn Knight wrote: ...Of course, we all know the actual goal is to boost revenue. And it sure does rack up the tickets -- a real win for our benevolent leaders.

I'd rather people who can't follow parking rules pay up than have my property tax bill raised. It snags residents who should know better, but it hurts out-of-towners who can't follow street signs even more. Its kind of like a commuter tax. But I digress.

My street has been much dirtier this summer than I can remember in past years. It has to have something to do with those cars that don't seem to have moved in weeks.

brooklyngigcenter · July 2008

Sunday evening parking has always been horrible, especially after 7PM, but it's going to get much worse with Monday ASP rules on my block (10th bet. 7/8)

superjonbot · July 2008

I'm up for moving the car once every 2 months because thats as much as the streets need to be cleaned. Cleaning the street twice a week is completely unnecessary, a waste of our time, gasoline, and tax payers money.

The streets look fine to me.

wally · July 2008

Subject: Not moving your car for 2 months?

You are wasting your own money because moving your own car that little will wreck your car in the long run! You should start it at least once a week for 15-20 minutes!

superjonbot · July 2008

lol, I run my car more than that, I'm taking about moving the car for the sake of street cleaning"

ringrunner · July 2008

and those sweeping machines burn a lot of gas!

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