Tag: Department of Transportation
Officer Joshua Vincek, who works in the Upper West Side’s 20th Precinct, issued 1,249 tickets to cyclists between Jan. 1, 2012 and Jan 1, 2015, DNAinfo reports. Vincek, who rides a scooter, handed out more than 300 more summonses than his ticket-writing runner-up. The Wilt Chamberlin of cycling tickets apparently has a vendetta against bikes. […]
On Prospect Park West at 9th Street, there are four parking spots that are off-limits to drivers between April and September. The stated purpose is to allow parks department vehicles access to the park during summer event season. But the ban has a side effect of being a nice little source of parking ticket revenue […]
In 2012, some roads in New York City were placed under the jurisdiction of the federal National Highway System. Two of these roads are Broadway and 7th Avenue. The place where they intersect is the heart of Times Square. A side effect of this federal jurisdiction is that these roads are now required to comply […]
E-ZPass is a system that allows drivers to pay tolls via an electronic tag that’s read by scanners at toll booths in order to expedite the payment process (shorter lines, no digging for change). You would assume that they’d only be located at toll booths, since that’s what they’re for, but The New York Civil […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation will award Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero program for reducing traffic deaths a $25 million dollar grant via their Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. The grant will fund thirteen different Vision Zero Programs. “This investment will save lives. It means better designed streets and targeted initiatives that will help us change behaviors like […]
Last year, New York City began requiring that all long distance busses have a permit to operate in the city. On August 15th, the grace period to acquire those permits will be over, reports DNAinfo. Busses operating illegally, as many still do in Chinatown, will face fines between $500 to $2,500 for repeat offenses, according […]
Last month, the NYC data blogger Ben Wellington of I Quant NY discovered the most profitable fire hydrant in the city. Wellington analyzed data about parking tickets to find the spot, which sits on Forsyth between Rivington and Delancey on the Lower East Side. He also figured out why the hydrant is such a money-maker: confusingly, […]
A favorite complaint amongst opponents of the bike lanes and pedestrian plazas that have popped up in NYC during the Bloomberg administration is that they’re taking room away from cars and slowing traffic down (hi NYP). Even if it’s true, it’s not an especially effective argument–bikes are a valid and important part of transit in […]
Today is the first day of enforcement for a new, strict set of rules for New York City’s many commercial cyclists. Passed in October of last year, the law is intended to bring the “days of the Wild, Wild West” to an end, according to City Council Transportation Committee chair James Vacca. Here’s what’s in store for […]
As most everyone knows, that parking spot right in front of your building isn’t actually your parking spot. But that doesn’t stop some enterprising New Yorkers from taking matters into their own hands, spray painting things like “No Parking 24 Hours,” usually in supremely shitty lettering and rife with spelling errors, on the curbs and streets in […]
