Although New Yorkers scored a small victory now that city-sanctioned vandalism on vehicles which aren’t moved during street cleaning has been outlawed, a new research paper from NYU suggests that even slight changes to the current alternate side parking laws could greatly benefit the environment and cut down on the amount of greenhouse gases in the city. Read more »
Finding a parking spot in New York CIty can be so taxing sometimes and since tearing fire hydrants out of the sidewalk, here’s a much easier tactic: Rip down a “No Standing” sign like this driver did (around the 3:30 mark) near the Atlantic Yards. Boom. Problem solved.
Back in April, an elected official from Brooklyn blasted the Department of Sanitation’s long standing policy of slapping stickers on the windows of vehicles blocking street sweepers that have already been ticketed for illegal parking. Fast forward to November and not much has changed. Read more »
Sixty years to the day they were installed, the city is removing the last single space parking meter in Manhattan. Some of the poles that support them will be transformed into bike racks, which is sure to spark undue controversy. Read more »
Here’s a new app that lets you auction off your parking spot (even free ones!) off to the highest bidder. Parking Auction is now in trials on the Upper West Side, where parking is not a choice, but a necessity (plus UWS’ers have the money to pay for parking that’s otherwise free). Read more »
A parking company has every right to tow cars blocking their entrance, but to New Jersey? The sign was spotted outside of a Central Parking System lot in Hell’s Kitchen. It’s harsh, and probably really effective. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
Car-owning (ooh la la!) residents of West 85th Street got very panicked recently when “Film Shoot” signs appeared on their block in the morning, telling them there’s “No Parking” by noon. Locals say “It feels like harassment.” The film crew says they need to read the signs more clearly because they weren’t threatening to tow their cars. Read more »
Democratic uprising? Fuck you pay me. Shrinking economy? Fuck you pay me. Diplomatic immunity? Fuck you pay me. That’s the message New York politicians are sending to nations who rack up millions of dollars in parking tickets, but never pay. A trio of elected officials proposed a bill—that sounds awfully similar to the one Congressman Anthony Weiner did back in 2010—which would allow NYC to get what it’s owed from scofflaw countries by taking a cut of their U.S. foreign aid.
Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield says drivers who are ticketed for not moving their car during street cleanings should not have to bear the additional burden of scraping a stubborn neon sticker off their window for a variety of reasons: 1) It’s unsafe. 2) Paying a monetary fine is punishment enough. 3) It’s anti-American. And how about 4) It’s vandalism?
A 25-year-old Bronx woman is in a coma after a 35-year-old Queens man cold-clocked her for trying to hold a parking space in the East Village for a friend. He was later arrested, as he should be, but claims she hit him first. Regardless, this unfortunate incident could have been averted if the young lady followed the unspoken golden rule and not tried to save a spot—especially on East 14th Street where finding a place to park is already nightmarish enough.
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