"Carless" sounds ecotopian but still inspires as an ideal. How about building some super-efficient compact National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)-type parking garages around Manhattan's periphery and totally ban curbside parking with all the suffocating blight it brings? The City would collect revenues from such garages (and going after motorists to pony up on unpaid parking tickets would become moot) and perhaps provide low-cost, frequent shuttle buses to the nearest transit locations. This would also relieve motorists' stress re finding vehicle storage for the day. And: Let's dedicate freed-up curbside space everywhere to more tree plantings, safer and more enjoyable pedestrian passage, and more bicycle lanes.
"Carless" sounds ecotopian but still inspires as an ideal. How about building some super-efficient compact National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)-type parking garages around Manhattan's periphery and totally ban curbside parking with all the suffocating blight it brings? The City would collect revenues from such garages (and going after motorists to pony up on unpaid parking tickets would become moot) and perhaps provide low-cost, frequent shuttle buses to the nearest transit locations. This would also relieve motorists' stress re finding vehicle storage for the day. And: Let's dedicate freed-up curbside space everywhere to more tree plantings, safer and more enjoyable pedestrian passage, and more bicycle lanes.
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