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| New York Today: A Smart Way to Park | New York Today: A Smart Way to Park |
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| Updated, 6:30 a.m. | |
| Good morning on this shivery Tuesday. | Good morning on this shivery Tuesday. |
| The Department of Transportation has been stepping up its parking game. | The Department of Transportation has been stepping up its parking game. |
| This month, the city announced plans to test allocating 600 public parking spots to car-sharing companies. | This month, the city announced plans to test allocating 600 public parking spots to car-sharing companies. |
| The goal: to decrease traffic and to lower the number of New Yorkers who own and drive cars in the city, which is roughly 1.4 million. (That’s a lot of honking.) | The goal: to decrease traffic and to lower the number of New Yorkers who own and drive cars in the city, which is roughly 1.4 million. (That’s a lot of honking.) |
| And just this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled ParkNYC, an app that lets you use your cellphone to pay for a parking spot. | And just this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled ParkNYC, an app that lets you use your cellphone to pay for a parking spot. |
| This new technology, sadly, does not fix the biggest headache about parking in the city: finding a spot in the first place. | This new technology, sadly, does not fix the biggest headache about parking in the city: finding a spot in the first place. |
| But once you do find one, the app will at least keep you from having to sneak away from dinner to feed the meter, and there will be less of a need to carry around change. (The only jingle you’ll hear around this time of year, we hope, will be sleigh bells.) | But once you do find one, the app will at least keep you from having to sneak away from dinner to feed the meter, and there will be less of a need to carry around change. (The only jingle you’ll hear around this time of year, we hope, will be sleigh bells.) |
| ParkNYC began this week in Midtown Manhattan, and the transportation department has plans to implement the system at all 85,000 metered parking spaces citywide by the end of next summer. | ParkNYC began this week in Midtown Manhattan, and the transportation department has plans to implement the system at all 85,000 metered parking spaces citywide by the end of next summer. |
| It’s still early, but we downloaded the app and are happy to report that setting it up was quite easy: | It’s still early, but we downloaded the app and are happy to report that setting it up was quite easy: |
| • Search for ParkNYC in the app store on your smartphone. (It’s orange and blue, the colors of one of our beloved basketball teams.) Download away. | • Search for ParkNYC in the app store on your smartphone. (It’s orange and blue, the colors of one of our beloved basketball teams.) Download away. |
| • Give the app permission to send you notifications — it’ll be able to alert you when your parking session is ending. | • Give the app permission to send you notifications — it’ll be able to alert you when your parking session is ending. |
| • Sign up with your telephone number and email. | • Sign up with your telephone number and email. |
| • Add your vehicle — state, license plate and type — and choose a creative nickname if you feel so inclined. We went with BatMobile. | • Add your vehicle — state, license plate and type — and choose a creative nickname if you feel so inclined. We went with BatMobile. |
| • Add your credit card details. | • Add your credit card details. |
| Finally, get out there and park, enter your estimated timing on your phone, and enjoy the day. And should your metered time run out while you’re stuck in line at Trader Joe’s, worry not; you can use the app to extend your stay. | Finally, get out there and park, enter your estimated timing on your phone, and enjoy the day. And should your metered time run out while you’re stuck in line at Trader Joe’s, worry not; you can use the app to extend your stay. |
| No need to be that person dashing down the sidewalk in despair. | No need to be that person dashing down the sidewalk in despair. |
| Here’s what else is happening: | Here’s what else is happening: |
| It’s still freezing. | It’s still freezing. |
| Take an extra moment in your parked car or in the subway to brace yourself for biting winds and temperatures that feel in the teens. | Take an extra moment in your parked car or in the subway to brace yourself for biting winds and temperatures that feel in the teens. |
| Then get out and run. | Then get out and run. |
| Fortunately, temperatures will nudge past freezing. | Fortunately, temperatures will nudge past freezing. |
| But only for a few hours this afternoon. | But only for a few hours this afternoon. |
| • Columbia University is challenging the recent vote by its graduate assistants to unionize. [New York Times] | • Columbia University is challenging the recent vote by its graduate assistants to unionize. [New York Times] |
| • Robert Durst speculated that he might accept a plea deal in a case surrounding the killing of a friend in California in 2000. [New York Times] | • Robert Durst speculated that he might accept a plea deal in a case surrounding the killing of a friend in California in 2000. [New York Times] |
| • A federal judge in Manhattan said a search warrant and the supporting documents belonging to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, should be made public. [New York Times] | • A federal judge in Manhattan said a search warrant and the supporting documents belonging to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, should be made public. [New York Times] |
| • The city is about to hit 1,000 overdose deaths, the highest number on record. [WNYC] | • The city is about to hit 1,000 overdose deaths, the highest number on record. [WNYC] |
| • A look at the art installations set to fill the Second Avenue subway stations. [Bedford and Bowery] | • A look at the art installations set to fill the Second Avenue subway stations. [Bedford and Bowery] |
| • The Morbid Anatomy Museum in Gowanus has closed. [Brooklyn Paper] | • The Morbid Anatomy Museum in Gowanus has closed. [Brooklyn Paper] |
| • A rat was filmed using an escalator in Penn Station, and in the wrong direction. [Gothamist] | • A rat was filmed using an escalator in Penn Station, and in the wrong direction. [Gothamist] |
| • Printing a baby universe at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. [New York Times] | |
| • Carolyn Davidson has spent decades as a social worker helping seniors. Then a cancer diagnosis turned the tables. [New York Times] | • Carolyn Davidson has spent decades as a social worker helping seniors. Then a cancer diagnosis turned the tables. [New York Times] |
| • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “An Unplanned Stop at the Rockefeller Center Tree” | • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “An Unplanned Stop at the Rockefeller Center Tree” |
| • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Tuesday Briefing. | • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Tuesday Briefing. |
| • Model trains zip through recreations of city landmarks in the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. [Prices vary] | • Model trains zip through recreations of city landmarks in the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. [Prices vary] |
| • It’s a great day to visit Pipilotti Rist’s kaleidoscopic, psychedelic “Pixel Forest” at the New Museum on the Bowery: Tuesdays are quietest. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. [$18] | • It’s a great day to visit Pipilotti Rist’s kaleidoscopic, psychedelic “Pixel Forest” at the New Museum on the Bowery: Tuesdays are quietest. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. [$18] |
| • A holiday throwdown — with a surprise band, Santa photo booth and more — at Brooklyn Bowl on Wythe Avenue. 6 p.m. [Free with R.S.V.P.] | • A holiday throwdown — with a surprise band, Santa photo booth and more — at Brooklyn Bowl on Wythe Avenue. 6 p.m. [Free with R.S.V.P.] |
| • Looking ahead: On Wednesday, the Manhattan borough president, Gale A. Brewer, speaks with Randy Cohen as part of his “Person Place Thing” series. | • Looking ahead: On Wednesday, the Manhattan borough president, Gale A. Brewer, speaks with Randy Cohen as part of his “Person Place Thing” series. |
| • Devils host Predators, 7 p.m. (MSG+). Islanders at Bruins, 7 p.m. (MS+2). Rangers at Penguins, 7 p.m. (MSG2). Knicks host Pacers, 7:30 p.m. (MSG). Nets at Raptors, 7:30 p.m. (YES). | • Devils host Predators, 7 p.m. (MSG+). Islanders at Bruins, 7 p.m. (MS+2). Rangers at Penguins, 7 p.m. (MSG2). Knicks host Pacers, 7:30 p.m. (MSG). Nets at Raptors, 7:30 p.m. (YES). |
| • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. | • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. |
| • Subway and PATH | • Subway and PATH |
| • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak | • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak |
| • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. | • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. |
| • Alternate-side parking: in effect until Dec. 25. | • Alternate-side parking: in effect until Dec. 25. |
| • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry | • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry |
| • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark | • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark |
| Time to hit the books. | Time to hit the books. |
| After five years of construction, a new 32,000-square-foot library will open at noon today in Elmhurst, Queens. | After five years of construction, a new 32,000-square-foot library will open at noon today in Elmhurst, Queens. |
| The Elmhurst Community Library, which will replace an older library from the turn of the 20th century, will be a sight to see, composed of two large glass cubes and an unusual art installation commissioned by the city’s Percent for Art program. | The Elmhurst Community Library, which will replace an older library from the turn of the 20th century, will be a sight to see, composed of two large glass cubes and an unusual art installation commissioned by the city’s Percent for Art program. |
| The installation, created by the New York-based artist Allan McCollum, is made up of nearly 1,000 plywood shapes that appear similar but, on closer examination, are all slightly different, representing the neighborhood’s diversity and its vibrant immigrant community. | The installation, created by the New York-based artist Allan McCollum, is made up of nearly 1,000 plywood shapes that appear similar but, on closer examination, are all slightly different, representing the neighborhood’s diversity and its vibrant immigrant community. |
| “Queens has one of the most varied populations,” Mr. McCollum said, “so it seemed like a perfect fit for my idea of everybody in the world having their own shape.” | “Queens has one of the most varied populations,” Mr. McCollum said, “so it seemed like a perfect fit for my idea of everybody in the world having their own shape.” |
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