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September 6, 2012
While there may be enough offsite parking lot spaces to meet demand, too few, for now, are part of the pre-paid inventory
Atlantic Yards Report
Will there really be enough off-site parking lot spaces to serve demand for the Barclays Center?
There should be enough spaces, at least according to a consultant's memo, but only one-third of the facilities listed in a memorandum (also at bottom) are currently part of the "seamless" pre-paid parking system aimed to steer drivers directly to the parking lots rather than meander Brooklyn streets.
Forest City Ratner VP Jane Marshall explained last night that parking vendors may be waiting to see how arena parking demand evolves, but more should be joining the Click and Park inventory. That's plausible, but it sure reinforces the notion that the first few months of arena operations will be something of an experiment.
And the brownstone residential neighborhoods nearest the Barclays Center will be the petri dish.
Posted by eric at September 6, 2012 12:52 PM