Traffic & Transit A Dozen Wash Heights Blocks Getting New Car-Share Parking Spots: City Patch was sent a Department of Transportation notice outlining where parking spots for private car-sharing companies will go uptown. Reply
An image of a Zipcar in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — A dozen of parking spots in Washington Heights and Inwood are being handed over to private car-share companies as the city expands what it calls a successful experiment in short-term vehicle rentals.
The 12 parking spots were revealed in a letter sent by the Department of Transportation to Upper Manhattan’s Community Board 12 in October, and have been presented publicly to each board this fall. First launched in 2018 as a pilot in 14 neighborhoods, the car-share program set aside 285 parking spots where companies like Zipcar and Enterprise Carshare placed vehicles that could be rented out for quick trips by members of the public.
All told, the small pilot cut participants’ greenhouse gas emissions by 12,000 metric tons each year, the study found. Based on those findings, the city announced last year that it would expand car-sharing to more neighborhoods.
Here are where the new car-share locations are planned for in Washington Heights and Inwood.