Q&A
Discussion on parking concerns and commitments for new parking studies
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3 min
Council Member Salamanca raises concerns about parking in his district, particularly related to construction and the new Metro North stations. He seeks commitments from the Department of Transportation for restoring municipal parking lots and conducting parking studies around the new stations.
- DOT commits to transferring a rebuilt parking lot with 113 spots back to the city for municipal use
- DOT agrees to monitor, evaluate, and look for additional street parking opportunities around all four new Metro North stations
- Salamanca emphasizes the need to prepare for the influx of people using the new transportation options
Rafael Salamanca
1:01:41
Yeah.
1:01:42
Thank you, Mister Chair.
1:01:44
Good morning, everyone.
1:01:46
I wanna I wanna start by opening up.
1:01:48
It's talking a little bit about parking.
1:01:50
I know that I've spoken to my I spoke in soon the DOT commissioner commissioner Perez out of this, but I just wanna get it committed on the record.
1:02:02
You know, I do have issues with parking.
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I have major construction that's occurring in my district.
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I also, you know, I have the biggest thoroughfare in in in the South Bronx if you wanna get to any part of the city.
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And so I know that underneath the the Brockner, on Huntsville and Brockner Boulevard, even though it's on the construction when the construction is completed in the past, had a municipal parking a lot there that was rented, I would say, or leased to a private developer or a private owner.
1:02:31
And we had concerns with the way that that private owner was running that parking lot.
1:02:36
I just wanna get on the record.
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Are we getting a commitment from the city?
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That we're gonna bring that that parking lot back to that immediate community.
Anthony Perez
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Council member, just to confirm, the state DOT is building the parking lot as part of their work on the Brookner.
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And once it's completed and built out, it will be transferred to the city for operations, and it will be used as a municipal lot.
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That lot will have a 113 parking spots.
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And a quarter of them will be electrical vehicle charging.
Rafael Salamanca
1:03:11
There were also concerns on on Hans point, I believe, and that's right right where the metro nurse station will be built at.
1:03:19
There were some eminent domain, some private property that was basically the state negotiated with the property owner, and those those parking lots have they have disappeared now.
1:03:35
Do I do we have a commitment from the Department of Transportation, the that you will do a study in that immediate area to identify new areas where there can be potentially new street parking.
UNKNOWN
1:03:50
Thank you for the question.
1:03:51
And again, keeping at high level, I think whenever we are doing changes to the streetscape, we're gonna be monitoring our traffic patterns are affecting the the both congestion and and pedestrian access.
1:04:05
So we'll be taking a look to make sure that things are moving smoothly, not only beforehand, but after the implementation as well.
Rafael Salamanca
1:04:12
Again, am I getting a commitment from the Department of Transportation that they will do a study?
1:04:16
To look for additional street parking in that immediate area.
Anthony Perez
1:04:24
Yes.
1:04:25
DOT can commit to monitor and evaluate and look at additional street parking looking at parking regulations in the neighborhood.
Rafael Salamanca
1:04:31
Okay.
1:04:32
And also is this is this a commitment that deal is making that they will do at all 4 stations in that in throughout the borough of the Bronx?
Anthony Perez
1:04:43
Again, we commit to monitor and evaluate the existing and potential parking regulations around the stations as we do across the Bronx and across the city.
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As you noted, there are parking regulations that could be outdated truck loading zones.
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There could be areas that could be regulated for more parking.
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We'll take a look at those.
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And again, monitor the evaluate where we can make additional parking.