Overview
- A City Hall representative said the Mamdani administration is open to modernizing curb rules and reviewing metering strategies to better manage street space.
- The Center for an Urban Future reports that fewer than 2.5% of New York City’s more than 3 million curbside spaces are currently metered.
- Recommendations include increasing metered spots by at least 25% and adopting peak-time pricing, noting that a Bloomberg-era variable pricing pilot was discontinued after public resistance.
- The report says meter revenue is about $258 million annually and estimates the proposed changes could generate up to $1.3 billion a year.
- Business owners and residents, especially in Bed-Stuy where a Nostrand Avenue stretch was flagged for meters, warn the move would hurt small shops and lower-income drivers, and the city has not announced a formal proposal.