I’ve written before that SoHo streets could be enormously improved if we simply took away some parking (accommodating about 6 people per block) in favor of larger sidewalks (accommodating hundreds of people per hour per block).

Transportation Alternatives just released a study (PDF) of visitors to Prince Street. Among their unsurprising findings were that only 9% of shoppers take private cars to get to SoHo, 80% feel the street is crowded, and by a 5 to 1 margin, they would be likely to visit more often if parking was turned into sidewalk space.

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Tagged: cat:public_spaces, new york, parking, pedestrians, public spaces, soho, urban policy

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.