[tarikjn]

This 100%. Free public parking in NYC is the elephant in the room that no one wants to address. Tolls won’t fix that. In some areas of the outer boroughs, 40% of the traffic at any given time are people looking for a spot. The city also still hasn’t figured out utilization of the curb for deliveries and drop offs resulting in normalized double-parking almost everywhere. Curb space need to be efficiently priced and this would fix a host of issues — same goes for outdoor dinning, otherwise its value will be captured by landlords anyways.

[macNchz]

I anticipate the rollout of congestion pricing will wind up accelerating some changes to the way parking works: areas on the margins of the congestion zone will likely see a surplus of commuters looking to park where they can avoid the toll, which will have the effect of making proposals like paid resident parking permits much more palatable to car owners who currently oppose them.

[seanmcdirmid]

They really need to eliminate free street parking, especially in dense neighborhoods like midtown.