[mmmlinux]

So this is something I had vaguely always wondered about NYC. Is there actually enough space to park all the personal cars, Or is it assumed that some percentage are always on the road. I didn't hear about serious parking congestion during covid so I now assume that yes, there do seem to be enough car spots.

[woodruffw]

What is "all" the cars? Less than half of NYC households own a car[1]; if 100% of households did (or owned more than one, as is common outside of NYC), the city would have nowhere near enough space for them.

(The city already has virtually no space for the 2 million cars that are owned by the city's residents, plus the millions that enter the city daily. We have laws on the books that are intended to reduce the number of unnecessary car trips in the city, but our feckless state leadership has decided that it doesn't need to follow already-passed laws.)

[1]: https://www.hunterurban.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Car-L...

[chipgap98]

Parking isn’t too much of a hassle in the outer burrows compared to Manhattan.

Also lots of cars get driven in from outside the city, so presumably there were fewer of those during Covid.

[squeaky-clean]

Yeah I think commuters are the biggest reason. It's fairly easy to find parking in Manhattan after 9pm. At noon though? Good luck.

[NovemberWhiskey]

There is plenty of parking space for the cars that you see on the streets of New York. It's just mostly in the outer boroughs, on Long Island, or in New Jersey.