In the 1st district there is all most no residential or on street parking for customers coming to patronize small retail business in the area, so no. We need less government parking (and the use of government cars just to go to and from there homes and offices, give them metro cars and LIRR pass's) we need more places for residential cars to park on the free streets that they pay tax's for

I found the conclusion of Transportation Alternative's study on the effects of parking availability in Jackson Heights, Queens vs Park Slop, Brooklyn, very interesting. The study appeared to show that more parking availability led to higher incidences of people utilizing cars to drive to work and increasing congestion in the neighborhood. However, I believe Lower Manhattan has characteristics that are not comparable to Jackson Heights and Park Slope, primarily because it is rapidly growing residential community in a Central Business District with a large number of government employees who use, and sometimes abuse parking placards. I would support a study about Lower Manhattan's parking challenges and how to balance residential needs with the requirements of businesses and government.

In much of District 1, residential and commercial parking already compete for limited amounts of space. Muni-meters and government waivers severely limit the amount of parking space available for local residents. I am not sure about which reductions you specifically mean, but I do know that parking is a serious issue for many residents of the District and the City. It is not an issue for me, as my family does not own a car and I have never had a driver’s license.
I also believe that government officials, such as City Council members and others, should not be eligible for waivers from any parking pricing system. We have a serious permit parking problem in our district. Residential and commercial parking is significantly reduced, due to the number of police, official, and other placarded vehicles parked in the district.

While reducing residential parking may discharge auto used. It would be strong resisted and created problems including drives spending time and fuel spaces.

I think that each residential area, should have a parking garage (Building up) to reduce the amount of vehilces on the street. I also want penalties to increase on all delivery vehicles that travels though residential areas as a mean to get to their destination faster. Reducing the amount of vehicles on the street will also reduce the amount of accidents.

I believe you are referring to the current regulations which require off street parking for new dwellings? I think that if we were to reduce these requirements we would certainly see more congestion. The more cars on the road the more congestion.

I believe reduced parking requirements will only increase the traffic congestion within our outerborough communities. I believe Manhattan is unto itself when it involves parking and related congestion proposals keeping in mind Manhattan does have the majority of subway and surface transportation options available to service its residents. Again, the outer boroughs needs are very different from those of Manhattan. We can see this becomming a problem in the upzoned neighborhoods which have transformed themselves over the past eight years. While housing, retail activity and populations have increased public transportation has not kept pace. Further reductions in required parking have only increased the traffic congestion and further eroded related neighborhood environmental quality.

I believe that reducing residential parking requirements would likely increase traffic in neighborhoods as residents would be more willing to take their cars out due to the increased likelihood of finding parking near their home upon their return.

Reducing residential parking only increases additional problems. In my almost ten years on Community Board 1, there was never a time where advocates came to say a particluar project should have reduced parking. The first argument always made to our Board and the Board meetings held in CB7 And CB11 in my district, is that the particluar project does not provide enough parking. Zoning regulations can and do rightly provide for afforable housing, new limited development and ensures that our quality of life is not impacted by any residential or commercial project.

Data has shown that residential parking requirements makes it more likely that communters will
drive instead of using public transportation. By this mechanism, residential parking
requirements serves to increase motor vehicle traffic and congestion. By reducing residential
parking requirements, especially in densely populated neighborhoods, the city can encourage
the use of public transportation and bicycling, which will reduce traffic congestion and improve
publich health.