Parking Has Eaten American Cities

Parking Has Eaten American Cities

Parking eats up an incredible amount of space and costs America’s cities an extraordinary amount of money. That’s the main takeaway of a study that looks in detail at parking in five U.S. cities: New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Des Moines, and Jackson, Wyoming.

May 19, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Five weeks to Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ. It looks like the presidential primary is back on again. Partly sunny and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north-northeast breeze at 7 mph. πŸƒ. Nice morning.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 68 degrees at 4pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 12th. Northeast wind 7 to 11 mph becoming east in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1989. There was a dusting of snow in 1976.❄

Today should be a nice day for working outside. πŸ’Ό I hit the snooze button ⏰ too many times so I missed my morning walk 🚢 but I should have plenty of opportunities to walk later in the week.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.3Β° from the due south horizon (-3.5Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 7:35 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-northwest (299Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:16 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 17 seconds with dusk around 8:48 pm, which is one minute later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 9:30 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around 59 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 46 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 44 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 7th. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 56 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 2002.

Going to be really nice for Memorial Day Weekend. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Maximum dew point of 53 at 7am. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 75. Maximum dew point of 51 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 72 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 84 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1888.

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Misty Afternoon

Not the greatest afternoon, but I had to go to the local big box, and this was on the way, and I had never explored the Schifendecker Preserve before.

Taken on Thursday May 14, 2020