Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded

Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by imgabe on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:26AM (#13089294)

Part of the problem is a lack of alleys, so delivery trucks have to park in the street and block traffic. If zoning required an off-street loading dock area for all buildings it would start to help as new buildings are built. I'm not sure if that's a rule or not.

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by chris_7 on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:08PM (#13090328)

A much easier solution is to dedicate a space on each block to deliveries only, and make parking a car in it a massive fine/immediate license suspension.

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by baybal2 on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:39AM (#13090032)

>Part of the problem is a lack of alleys, so delivery trucks have to park in the street and block traffic.

There are walled-off backyards and "gardens" within big blocks. Just make them open

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by rossitter on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:17PM (#13090398)

Courtyards are largest where alleyways would be least needed, on residential blocks.

For most blocks where unloading is a problem, courtyards are narrow, uneven spaces that frequently do not run the length of the 'interior' block.

The city would also have to justify reclaiming two lots per block—on either end of the courtyard/alleyway—in a city which already has a housing shortage.

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by pc86 on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:27AM (#13089912)

Where's the space for that?

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by imgabe on Friday December 02, 2016 @02:35PM (#13091561)

It comes out of the building footprint. Building owners won't be happy, but everyone else would.

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