Parking Placards
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Motorist With Now-Expired NYC Disability Placard Still Blocking Curb Ramp
And now back to Seaman Avenue. A few weeks ago we noted that motorists who obtain disability permits from the city can basically park wherever they want, even in "no parking" zones with curb ramps for pedestrians with disabilities. An unmarked crosswalk at Seaman and W. 214th Street, in Inwood, is a favorite spot for placard bearers, whether their parking credentials are legitimate or not.
November 25, 2014
Chinatown Biz Group Fed Up With Placard Parkers Hogging Spaces All Day
Imagine if your neighborhood's streets were used as an employee parking lot for a nearby office building, and the people in charge of enforcing the rules turned a blind eye, day in and day out, as they ticketed members of the public but ignored lawbreaking by their colleagues.
November 19, 2014
Motorist With NYC Disability Placard Blocks Curb Ramp With Car — Legally
I've taken up the early morning walk habit, and my route takes me through the intersection of Seaman Avenue and W. 214th Street, in Inwood. It's a T intersection with an unmarked crosswalk and curb cuts.
October 30, 2014
Portland Tackled Disabled Parking Placard Abuse, and It’s Working
Disabled parking placards used to be ubiquitous in Portland. Until very recently, the city provided unlimited free street parking to placard holders, estimated at a $2,000 annual value. Many cars bearing these placards would remain in prime spots for weeks or months without moving.
August 7, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Parking Placard Abuse in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Parking placard abuse might be most noticeable in hotspots like Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, but it's an epidemic in neighborhoods across the city. Reader Eli Forsythe sent in photos of an illegally-parked car with a placard on the dash in Prospect Lefferts Gardens last weekend.
May 23, 2014
Local BID and CB 2 Ask DOT for More Safety Upgrades on Atlantic Avenue
Last week, Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn became the city's first "arterial slow zone" with a 25 mph speed limit. Now, a business improvement district on the avenue's western end is asking for pedestrian safety upgrades, and Community Board 2's transportation committee has signed on.
April 18, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Illegal Parking Crackdown Coming to Jay Street
Reader Eric McClure spotted these flyers today on cars "up and down Jay Street between Johnson and Willoughby," in the 84th Precinct. This comes a few weeks after attendees at a public workshop identified illegal parking as a major safety hazard and a major source of dysfunction on Jay Street, where pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and private motorists all mix near the Manhattan Bridge approach.
April 2, 2014
Survey: Majority of New Yorkers Would Pay for a Parking Permit
If you own a car in New York City and need a place to park, leaving it on the street is a nice bargain. The only "cost" is alternate-side restrictions for street cleaning -- otherwise, all that space is free. It's such a good deal that in outer-borough neighborhoods, most car owners with an off-street space at home still choose to leave their cars at the curb.
March 12, 2014
NYPD Won’t Touch Upper West Side Block Commandeered by Illegal Parking
A frustrated Upper West Side resident is looking to tame the rampant illegal parking and placard abuse on his block.
February 5, 2013