""Smart Curbs" tries to go even further by demonstrating and testing other uses for the curb in response to real-world conditions. One of the objectives of the pilot is addressing the proliferation of home deliveries from the likes of Amazon and UPS. By using innovative tools like microhubs, as well as more mundane moves like adding commercial metered parking, the DOT hopes to make a dent in the chronic double parking that creates disorderly and unsafe conditions on the street."
"But the curb is a finite resource, and making more space for commercial trucks on Columbus Avenue means relocating a few existing passenger metered parking spots to the side streets. Metered parking creates turnover, which helps those few folks who drive to a business find an open spot when they need it. But those metered spots have to replace something - in this case, a tiny fraction of the neighborhood's roughly 9,000 "alternate side" (aka, free) parking spots."
The Department of Transportation launched a Smart Curbs pilot on the Upper West Side to test alternative uses for limited curb space. The pilot aimed to address curb churn from delivery trucks and double-parking by using microhubs and adding commercial metered parking to create turnover. A small number of passenger metered spaces on Columbus Avenue would be shifted to side streets, replacing a tiny fraction of roughly 9,000 free 'alternate side' parking spots in the neighborhood. Council Member Gale Brewer mobilized constituents and secured Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro's intervention to block the reallocation to preserve free parking. The move undermines efforts to reduce double-parking and reallocate curb space for commercial and public uses.
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