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To boldly go… looking for a parking spot in New York City. A few factoids from Wired magazine (December,
2005):
- number of vehicles entering Manhattan on weekdays:948,213
- number of curbside parking spots: 30,000
- average parking-ticket fine: $115
- NYC revenue from parking violations last year: $537 million (not a typo!)
- cost to park for 30 minutes at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street: $21
- cost of a subway ride: $2
- average speed of crosstown traffic in Midtown: 6.1 mph
- average speed of subway: 13 mph