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Tesla Dealership Parks All Over Red Hook’s Sidewalks, Streets And Bike Lanes
Fact of urban life: Car dealerships don't care about anyone but car buyers.
September 11, 2018
UPDATE! A Single Car is Ruining the City’s New Ninth Street Bike Lane
One driver's crusade to ruin a bike lane?
August 27, 2018
Street Cheats: Who Needs a Placard When You’ve Got Law Enforcement Swag?
You can park illegally and police will turn a blind eye if you show them just about anything that implies proximity to law enforcement.
August 10, 2018
NYPD Says Cops Can Block Fire Hydrants With Personal Vehicles, Because They’re Cops
There's no such thing as authorized illegal parking. That's not how laws work.
August 6, 2018
NYPD Street Cheats Paint Their Own Double-Parking Spaces Outside the 110th Precinct
Watch how NYPD has devoured every available square foot for car storage.
June 22, 2018
Street Cheats: The Public Space Theft We Take for Granted
Crosswalk parking is emblematic of how we've let motor vehicles saturate the curb until they encroach on spaces where they're not allowed.
June 12, 2018
Rogues’ Gallery of Street Cheats Endanger People Outside Inwood Park and Playground
An out-of-the-way no parking zone next to the Inwood Hill Park playground has become a hotbed of public space theft.
June 1, 2018
Street Cheats: One Cop Delaying Hundreds of Bus Riders
This just might be the best visualization of the #copsinbuslanes problem you'll come across.
April 11, 2018
Want to Know How Often That Driver Gets Caught Speeding? Ask @HowsMyDrivingNY.
The Twitter bot lets anyone look up the parking, speeding, and red light violations associated with a specific license plate.
March 26, 2018
Street Cheats: Police Hog Bus Stops and Crosswalks on Frederick Douglass Blvd
Scan the streets around any police building in New York, and you'll probably find officers parking their personal vehicles with flagrant disregard for the law. Case in point: NYPD Police Service Area 6 on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem.
March 23, 2018
