I blogged a while back about parking spaces in New York City, wondering why there aren’t more spaces for sale rather than for lease. An article in yesterday’s New York Times reveals that more new buildings are indeed selling a few parking spaces, including one building in Chelsea whose five spots are selling for $225,000 apiece. This isn’t quite the widespread private market I envisioned — but, well, it’s a start.
In other Manhattan parking news today, the Times reports that Vespa, the Italian scooter manufacturer, has paid for two months’ worth of parking spaces in garages scattered about the city, making them available for free to Vespa drivers. Vespa explains everything on its website entitled …. Vespanomics.com. It defines the term Vespanomics as “the ecological, economic, and personal satisfaction one achieves after buying a Vespa scooter.”
I wonder what would happen in one of these parking garages if you try to park a motor scooter that’s not a Vespa.
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Finally, a topic worthy of my intellect.
I wonder what would happen in one of these parking garages if you try to park a motor scooter that’s not a Vespa.
What will happen? It will be a scene straight out of 1989′s “Chopper Chicks in Zombietown”.
Finally, a topic worthy of my intellect.
I wonder what would happen in one of these parking garages if you try to park a motor scooter that’s not a Vespa.
What will happen? It will be a scene straight out of 1989′s “Chopper Chicks in Zombietown”.
Same thing that happens when someone parks in any assigned parking place. It has a warning sticker put on it, and then it is towed.
Same thing that happens when someone parks in any assigned parking place. It has a warning sticker put on it, and then it is towed.
Another interesting article in Time on The New Science of Parking http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1641244,00.html
Another interesting article in Time on The New Science of Parking http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1641244,00.html
“I wonder what would happen in one of these parking garages if you try to park a motor scooter that’s not a Vespa.”
Wouldn’t it be fun if the answer was something like:
Every non-Vespa scooter will automatically eject its driver 30 feet into the air if s/he tries to park in a Vespa-only spot.
“I wonder what would happen in one of these parking garages if you try to park a motor scooter that’s not a Vespa.”
Wouldn’t it be fun if the answer was something like:
Every non-Vespa scooter will automatically eject its driver 30 feet into the air if s/he tries to park in a Vespa-only spot.