Why is rooftop industrial parking not a bigger thing in NYC? Seems like a good way to get vehicles off sidewalks and out of bike lanes and fulfill tenants’ desires for parking. Rents for industrial parking can be up to $12 psf, which you’d think would pay for the structural work

And here is the answer! Next time you have to walk in the street in East New York because the sidewalks are filled with cars and vans while perfectly good rooftops go unused, blame the zoning code (cc: @capntransit) https://twitter.com/matthewschommer/status/1319485293783900160

A lack of parking is a serious hindrance to running an industrial business in NYC. Rooftop parking seems like a simple solution to that, and to the issue of safety for workers. This would seem like a good issue for industrial retention advocates to tackle @MIBAnyc @EvergreenEx