re: #35 Unabogie

By design. It’s by design.

Midtown Manhattan has street level parking garages that take up valuable land space that could be built upon. Then there’s all the street-side “spots” that could be provided to pedestrians, which provide more density and use than a place to store a vehicle for a period of time.

Drivers hated that a few spots in various locations around NYC were given over to bike share programs. They absolutely hated that even more spots were taken to provide outdoor dining. Thing is, people who lived and work in those areas like the alternatives to parking on the street. Businesses love the outdoor dining areas and even when Broadway was redesigned through Times Square, pedestrian flow not only improved, but traffic improved.