TESTIMONY
Margaret Forgione, First Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation, on Intro 103 and requiring DOT to notify community boards and council members before removing parking spaces
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Forgione argues that a bill requiring DOT to give 15 days notice before removing parking spaces would be overly burdensome.
- DOT issues around 2,800 construction permits per business day, 900 of which affect parking.
- Under the bill, DOT would have to send out 900 notices per day to community boards and council members.
- This would slow down DOT's work like implementing daylighting projects the council has advocated for.
- DOT already has to give notice for major transportation projects permanently removing parking lanes.
Margaret Forgione
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Next, intro 103 is sponsored by council member Ariola.
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This bill would require DOT to notify community boards and council members 15 days before removing a parking space.
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DOT has serious concerns with this bill as it would slow the pace of operations and be extremely burdensome.
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Streets are fluid spaces and parking spaces are added and removed every day.
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Providing such notice would be overly burdensome for DOT, and the volume of such notices would undermine the usefulness for recipients.
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On average DOT issues, 2800 construction permits each business day, 900 of which affect parking.
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With this bill, DOT would be required to send out 900 notices a day or 45100 notices a week to community boards and council members.
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For permanent removals, DOT is already required give notice before implementing major transportation projects that involve full time removal of a parking lane.
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This bill creates a much wider universe of notice by including both permanent and temporary parking space removals that could include temporary removals for maintenance, construction, or resurfacing.
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Overall, this would slow down a significant portion of DOT's work, including implementing daylighting in 1000 locations, with the count which the council is advocated for us to do.
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