Bronx - Greater Greater Washington

Yankee stadium parking is a bust

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:30:00 EDT

A few years after New York replaced Bronx parks with garages for the Yankees, the garage company has defaulted on the debt. Most fans take transit, and the garages only averaged 43% full. (Mobilizing the Region)

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They paved a park and put up a parking lot

Sat, 21 May 2011 12:56:00 EDT

by Eric Fidler

NYC gave away a neighborhood's baseball fields to build parking garages for Yankee Stadium. But almost nobody is parking in the garages. (Transportation Nation)

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DC versus New York (Mar 6, 2008)
Can NYC build me a personal garage too? (Jan 2, 2008)
That parking the Nats couldn't live without? Never mind. (Apr 22, 2008)
Don't call it a park (Apr 28, 2008)
More than a thousand words (Mar 27, 2006)

Reducing zoning increases parking rules

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:57:00 EDT

by David Alpert

New York downzoned an area of the Bronx to create a "neighborhood preservation area," but as a side effect, it imposed a much stricter parking minimum requirement, forcing a HUD-funded project to build less affordable housing than it previously could have. (Streetsblog)

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Atlanta, New Haven and the Bronx get the TIGER

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:18:00 EDT

by David Alpert

TIGER II grant winners won't be announced until next week, but a few have leaked out: New Haven's boulevardization of a stub end freeway downtown, a streetcar in Atlanta, and two projects in New York, to analyze removing the Sheridan Expressway and redesigning Fordham Plaza. (Streetsblog)

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New Haven next to boulevardize a freeway (Mar 28, 2008)
DC rejected for Urban Circulator streetcar grant (Jul 8, 2010)
Around the network: A failure of design in downtown New Haven (Jun 19, 2009)
Does "moving" sound like "removing" with an Oklahoma accent? (Jun 4, 2008)
NCPC not why DC lost streetcar grant, politics may be (Jul 8, 2010)

And...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:56:07 EDT

by David Alpert

WMATA is accusing a MetroAccess driver of sexual assault, the third such case this year (Examiner) ... Loudoun officials approve another huge development in a greenfield far from transit (Post) ... New York officials seem seriously open to proposals to remove the redundant and reviled Sheridan Expressway in the Bronx (NYT) ... DC has the lowest pay gap between men and women compared to any state. (The Sexist)

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We told you so, New York

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:35:00 EDT

by David Alpert

Back in 2004, Mayor Bloomberg turned over a city-owned market filled with small vendors to a big-box developer to build an auto-centric mall in the Bronx. Despite being near public transit, the developer, Related Companies, built giant parking lots, narrow and winding pedestrian access, and a design that turned its back on nearby neighborhoods. Now, they're surprised to find out that more people are arriving by transit than by car, and the tiny pedestrian ramps are busy while the garages sit empty. (Streetsblog NYC)

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More than a thousand words

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:53:20 EDT

by David Alpert

None but the most corrupt of politicians would think that moving Yankee Stadium over to a public park, farther from the highway, replacing that park with some space on top of garages and other parkland crammed up against the river far away from the neighborhood, and having the city kick in $70 million for this, could possibly be a good idea.

Will of OnNYTurf created a terrific Google Map depicting the plan. It makes it clear, far more than any news article, what a monumentally idiotic idea this latest development scheme is, worse even than the other two "a stadium at all costs" plans we've had during this administration.

Plus, building a Metro-North station along the train line that already passes directly by the site is "not in the cards". I've tried and failed to find any possible rationale for this project other than Bronx politicians being bought off.

Gotham Gazette has a good roundup of recent criticism of the project.

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2003 WMATA expansion map (Sep 5, 2008)
DC versus New York (Mar 6, 2008)
Harvard's Allston plan: wow (Jun 13, 2005)
Positive resident activism: Shell no! (Aug 29, 2008)
Open space versus parks (May 30, 2008)