The committee’s recent resolution is more lenient than one in May that asked the city to “discontinue” free parking on the street. Still, my colleague James Barron wrote, “some drivers said the committee’s approach reflected a broader campaign to malign people who use cars.”

The context

In the past 10 years, the city has installed dozens of miles of bus and bike lanes, thus reducing the number of parking spaces.

New York now has three million on-street parking spaces, by some estimates. That’s about one for every three people. More than 95 percent of these are free.

Although the city has fewer spaces, there are more cars. More than 1.9 million cars were registered in New York City in 2017, the most recent available data. That’s about 200,000 more than in 2011.

The reaction

Many car owners told Mr. Barron that they feel unfairly targeted, arguing that they drive out of necessity. Physical limitations can make it difficult to use trains or buses, and some jobs are not easily reached by public transit, they said.

“Driving down any avenue, the traffic lanes have been diminished because of the bicycle lanes, and the parking areas have been diminished because of the bike rentals,” said Milton Ingerman , a retired physician who parks on the street on the Upper West Side. “It’s punishing drivers.”

The City Council speaker, Corey Johnson , has said it is time to “reorient and reprioritize how we shared street space.” Mr. Johnson has pushed for a $1.7 billion plan to create 250 miles of protected bike lanes and 150 miles of protected bus lanes over the next five years, which would eliminate even more parking spaces.