Grieve-Smith on Transportation - Latest comments

Grendel [Visitor] in response to: Complete streets need to cross city limits

Grendel [Visitor] — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:25:58 +0000

it get's worse when you live in Rosendale or New Paltz and have to work in Kingston, UCAT or Trailways are your only way to get into kingston, then you have to hope you can catch the next UCAT bus to get to the mall

UCAT's a joke anyway, their scheduals never coincide, I usually had to catch the bus into kingstons, then the one from Kingston Plaza to Hudson Valley Mall hours ahead of time just to make sure I got to work on time at the Walmarts there, and had to make sure I got out no later than 4 so I can catch the last bus back to New Paltz.

unless your in NYC, public transportation anywhere's in the rest of the state sucks

grvsmth [Member] in response to: Zoning revisions in Sunnyside and Woodside

grvsmth [Member] — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:38:39 +0000

Actually, answering your question has helped me a lot, Sofia! I've clarified the post a bit. I've also changed my agenda to R5B for the proposed R4 areas, and R7-2 for Sunnyhills and the Phipps.

grvsmth [Member] in response to: Zoning revisions in Sunnyside and Woodside

grvsmth [Member] — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:14:33 +0000

Not at all, Sofia! It's good to know which terms need to be explained. If you didn't understand them there's probably ten more people who didn't.

Each zone type (R4, R5B, R7-1, etc.) has a particular formula for when someone builds a new residential structure. The city counts up the number of units (apartments) to be built on the lot. The developers are required to build one parking space for a certain percentage of units. For example, in R4 zones, the percentage is 100%, which means they're required to provide one parking space for every unit. In R4 infill zones, they only have to provide one space for 66% of units. This is summarized in the zoning tables (PDF).

There is also a waiver in some zones, which means that if the total number of parking spaces required is below a certain threshold, the builder doesn't have to build any.

Let's take the example of someone who's building a two-family house. In an R4 or R4-1 zone the parking minimum is 100%, so they are required to build two parking spaces. But if it's an R4B zone, one of those spaces is waived, so they only have to build one space. In an R5B zone, they are required to build one and a third spaces, but one of those is waived and the one-third is less than 50%, so they don't have to build any.

I hope that helps!

Sofia Geier [Visitor] in response to: Zoning revisions in Sunnyside and Woodside

Sofia Geier [Visitor] — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:47:34 +0000

OK, gonna sound really dumb here, but... in basic language if possible, what are parking "minimums" and parking "waivers"?

Or refer me to a site that explains in simple terms. Thanks so much.

Scott [Visitor] in response to: Paris will roll out two-way bike routes in 2010

Scott [Visitor] — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:51:01 +0000

This sounds like a good idea for encouraging bicycle use, but I have to say that the bike lane in the photo is TERRIBLE.

There's no way that somebody could avoid all that debris and the big longitudinal seam without ending up in the oncoming lane.

suzanne kossoy [Visitor] in response to: More to see in Greater Paris

suzanne kossoy [Visitor] — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:48:40 +0000

"corbusion wasteland"..........great description. i love that painting, always have. bravo on website. classy!

grvsmth [Member] in response to: Exploring Greater Paris

grvsmth [Member] — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:03:23 +0000

No, sorry! It opened when I was living there, but I never had any interest in going there. In fact, I haven't had any interest in going to a Disney theme park since my grandparents took me to Epcot when I was eleven.

Jarrett at HumanTransit.org [Visitor] in response to: Exploring Greater Paris

Jarrett at HumanTransit.org [Visitor] — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:15:38 +0000

What, no mention of Euro-Disney? French theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine called it "a cultural Chernobyl" ...