NEW YORK (WABC) Alternate side parking rules are being set aside for the moment.
The New York City Department of Transportation and the Department of Sanitation have suspended alternate side parking regulations from Monday, December 21 through Saturday, December 26.
Alternate side parking was already suspended for Christmas day.
Travelers still have to feed the meters, except on Christmas day.
Rideshare Scooters to Come to NYC
Rental electric scooters will finally be coming to New York City, after already being in other major cities for years.
Have you ever been to a city like Austin, TX, or maybe even closer, like Hoboken, NJ? If you ve been recently, there s a good chance you ve seen the rideshare scooters. These are the scooters that are available to rent like bikes are available to rent in major cities. You pay at a parking meter type thing, or with an app, and you can scoot to wherever you want, and leave it wherever you want. These scooters have never been available in New York City, until now.
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President-Elect Joe Biden’s pick of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg to be the next Transportation secretary drew polarized reactions from sustainable transportation advocates who were either thrilled with his big ambitions for transit and ending traffic violence, or wary of his inexperience in implementing either.
Buttigieg was a surprising choice for the post, which experts speculated would go to a transit or transportation veteran like New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg or a major city mayor who had dealt with large-scale federal transportation grants, such as Los Angeles’s Eric Garcetti. But others were thrilled to see a Midwestern former mayor take the helm of an agency that has not always recognized the unique challenges of ending car dependency in transit-poor cities where most Americans live and argued that his vision for
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A bipartisan group of senators have come up with a stimulus package that includes funding for public transit, but it still faces obstacles. (Politico)
As transit agencies wait for Congress to pass another coronavirus relief bill, they’re considering other ways to raise revenue, including tacking fees onto online deliveries, ride-hailing taxes and raising gas taxes. (City Lab)
Pete Buttigieg is now a leading contender to be Joe Biden’s transportation secretary. Other candidates include former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo (hey, what about New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, we can already hear the Streetsblog NYC editor screaming, based of course on Daily News reporting!). Buttigieg is also under consideration for commerce secretary and ambassador to China. (CNN)