DOT Plans to Sell UES Parking Spaces to Little-Used Car-Share Program for Just $237 Each | Upper East Site
DOT Plans to Sell UES Parking Spaces to Little-Used Car-Share Program for Just $237 Each | Upper East Site

City Plans to Sell UES Parking Spaces for Little-Used Car-Share Program for Just $237 Each

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The Department of Transportation is plotting another Upper East Side land grab to rob drivers of precious parking spaces, this time to sell spots on residential streets to private car rental companies, that according to the DOT, operate little-used c
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  1. This is insane!! If they’re allowed to operate in our neighborhood AT ALL, they should be required to pay MARKET RATE for spots in garages, NOT take up the precious few street spots that belong to the community—these are the common spaces we are entitled to as taxpayers. We should not be handing this precious resource over to billion-dollar startups for … $237 a year?! Not a fair trade. What is the DOT thinking?!

  2. We should all be glad that we, as taxpayers, are getting back anything for the use of car storage on our public land.

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    • No, it’s a public car parking location. There are little enough parking spots in NYC. Amazon already uses public spaces to conduct business.

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