In the ZONE: "congestion pricing"
I just saw a piece on Fox 5 with Arnold Diaz uncovering a parking scam on the Upper West Side at The Landmark Beacon Theatre on Broadway. My office is on Columbus Avenue between 75th and 76th Street two blocks away.
There was a Stealy Dan concert a couple of weeks ago. Parking is tight so employees of the Avis rent a car at the corner were selling parking spaces in the street for $25. The reporter went undercover and caught them on tape moving the Avis cars from the spots on the street and charging concert goers for the spots.
It is illegal to sell street parking, scalping tickets at concerts is illegal too. I'm not condoning it but the concert goers didn't seem to be complaining about the Valet Parking.
Traffic and parking in Manhattan is a major issue. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has a plan to charge motorists to drive below 86th Street in Manhattan.
If approved, many real estate brokers are already saying it may do more than simply reduce traffic, noise and pollution in the Manhattan business districts. They are saying that it could add an extra sense of exclusivity to what is already some of the most expensive residential real estate in the country.
Mayor Bloomberg’s plan for what he calls “congestion pricing” would impose fees of up to $8 a day for cars and $21 a day for trucks driving below 86th Street between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays
Lucky for me I live between 86th and 87th St. right on The Golden Line. According to the NY Times "Crossing the Gold Line" By JOSH BARBANEL who called it the golden boundaries that
lassoed in hundreds of residential buildings where some of the most affluent New Yorkers live, including Mr. Bloomberg on East 79th Street.
There is a similar plan in London. I'm not sure what affect charging a toll will have but the right zip codes and phone prefixes have become status symbols so I suppose the golden traffic zone might become one too. It is also possible that the neighborhoods north of 86th will be in demand for people who want to keep cars without paying "congestion pricing".
There was a Stealy Dan concert a couple of weeks ago. Parking is tight so employees of the Avis rent a car at the corner were selling parking spaces in the street for $25. The reporter went undercover and caught them on tape moving the Avis cars from the spots on the street and charging concert goers for the spots.
It is illegal to sell street parking, scalping tickets at concerts is illegal too. I'm not condoning it but the concert goers didn't seem to be complaining about the Valet Parking.
Traffic and parking in Manhattan is a major issue. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has a plan to charge motorists to drive below 86th Street in Manhattan.
If approved, many real estate brokers are already saying it may do more than simply reduce traffic, noise and pollution in the Manhattan business districts. They are saying that it could add an extra sense of exclusivity to what is already some of the most expensive residential real estate in the country.
Mayor Bloomberg’s plan for what he calls “congestion pricing” would impose fees of up to $8 a day for cars and $21 a day for trucks driving below 86th Street between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays
Lucky for me I live between 86th and 87th St. right on The Golden Line. According to the NY Times "Crossing the Gold Line" By JOSH BARBANEL who called it the golden boundaries that
lassoed in hundreds of residential buildings where some of the most affluent New Yorkers live, including Mr. Bloomberg on East 79th Street.
There is a similar plan in London. I'm not sure what affect charging a toll will have but the right zip codes and phone prefixes have become status symbols so I suppose the golden traffic zone might become one too. It is also possible that the neighborhoods north of 86th will be in demand for people who want to keep cars without paying "congestion pricing".
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