Category Archives: The Parking Question

Parking In Princeton Is Plentiful – Just Make It Predictable.

Posted on December 19, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Is it hard to get parked in Princeton? Not really. There are plenty of parking spaces in Princeton. So why does our downtown become blocked with drivers trying to find parking spaces? It’s because we make parking chaotic and unpredictable.

Posted in Downtown Vibrancy, The Parking Question, Traffic | Tagged Black Friday, Palmer Square, Parking, Princeton, Six Flags | 2 Comments

Free Parking Can’t Save Central Jersey Malls- Even On Black Friday

Posted on December 18, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Cross posted at Strong Towns Network. On Black Friday- traditionally a day marked by a surge of post-Thanksgiving shopping- our friends at http://www.strongtowns.org launched a nationwide appeal for members to send in photos of parking lots in their local areas. … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Zoning | Tagged Black Friday, Central Jersey, Lincoln Highway, New Jersey | 5 Comments

Highland Park, NJ Gets Small Details Right For Walkable Placemaking

Posted on December 3, 2013 by walkableprinceton

You see an ordinary bench. We see an authentic miniature plaza. Highland Park, a half hour north of Princeton on NJ Route 27, is showing how to make great walkable places. Here’s why.

Posted in Complete Streets, Downtown Vibrancy, Local, Placemaking, The Parking Question, Walking | Tagged Placemaking, Princeton, Public space, Walkability | 2 Comments

255 Nassau Plan Shows The Extraordinary Difficulty Of Infill Redevelopment in Princeton

Posted on October 3, 2013 by walkableprinceton

The proposed redevelopment of the 255 Nassau Crossfit gym (formerly Wild Oats market) is in doubt as NJDOT regulations, University inflexibility, and municipal red tape combine to stymie the plan. Skeptical officials look set to can the plan, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, Real estate, Smart Growth, Sustainability, The Parking Question, Traffic, Zoning | Tagged Affordable housing, Nassau Street, Princeton, Princeton University | 8 Comments

Parking Fiasco Exposes Princeton’s Failure To Add Needed Housing

Posted on September 27, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Reporting from Planet Princeton this week exposed an extraordinary scam where employees at local businesses bypassed Princeton parking regulations by placing menus, coasters and receipts from their place of employment in their windshields. Apparently, local parking enforcement did not write … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordability, Density, Princeton, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Traffic | Tagged Commuting, Planet Princeton, Princeton | 4 Comments

What Happened When A Local Mom Asked Princeton For Improved Crosswalks?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Last Wednesday, two representatives of ‘Walkable Princeton’ accompanied Dr Rachael Winfree, a Princeton resident, to a meeting of the municipal Traffic and Transportation sub-committee that deals with pedestrian improvements to local streets. (Regular readers will recall that we recently reached … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Transportation, Complete Streets, People, Princeton, The Parking Question, Traffic, Walking | Tagged Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Pedestrian, Pedestrian crossing, Princeton, traffic, Transportation | 17 Comments

Could Dining Replace Parking At Princeton’s Mistral?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Princeton is lucky in that at least 3 really great restaurants have opened here this year: North End Bistro (by the Whole Earth Center in Jugtown), Agricola (in the former Lahiere’s space at Witherspoon and Nassau) and Mistral, on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Downtown Vibrancy, Princeton, The Parking Question | Tagged Princeton, Princeton Public Library | 2 Comments

Walkable Shopping In Brighton, England

Posted on August 27, 2013 by walkableprinceton

This week, Walkable Princeton is running some stories from our recent overseas vacation, about towns with walkable ideas that might be relevant to life in Princeton. Previous posts in this series are here. Our regular local content is back after … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Transportation, Biking, Complete Streets, Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Sustainability, The Parking Question | Tagged Brighton, Brighton & Hove, Bus, North Laine, Princeton, Seaside resort | 4 Comments

Postcard From Walkable [Old] York!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Summer vacations can be a great opportunity to check out some different places and see how they compare to our home town, Princeton. While attending a friend’s wedding in York, England, the sense of history was everywhere. Founded in AD … Continue reading →

Posted in Density, Downtown Vibrancy, Smart Growth, The Parking Question, Zoning | Tagged Princeton, Walkability, York | 5 Comments

Has Sprawl Made Princeton ‘Fragile’?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by walkableprinceton

Note: This article is cross-posted at Strong Towns Network. Chuck Marohn at Strong Towns recently posted an article titled ‘Detroit: An American Autopsy‘, inspired by the book of the same name by Charles LeDuff. Here is the gist of Chuck’s piece: … Continue reading →