Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

Bronx Rep Promises to “Make Every Effort to Avoid Blocking the Bike Lane”

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2010 | 12 Comments

The rules don’t apply to you if you’ve got one of these on the dash. Photos: Boogiedowner Via Gothamist, here’s a story that nicely encapsulates why parking placards should be completely abolished. On Monday, a Boogiedowner reader caught Bronx Assembly member Vanessa Gibson parking in the bike lane on the Grand Concourse, NYPD-issued placard on […]

To Thwart Terror Trial Traffic Snarls, Curb Placard Abuse

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

The pending trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has thrown lower Manhattan into a tizzy, for good reasons. Foremost, of course, is the dread of revisiting the horrors of that day, mingled with fears of new attacks linked to the trial. But there are also concerns that the NYPD’s aggressive countermeasures will impede […]

Eyes on the Street: Placard Abuse, From Sea to Shining Sea

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2009 | 3 Comments

We got a tip yesterday about an errant driver hogging a curbside spot in a residential area: So, outside my house is a street with two hour parking. Today a Jaguar with dealer plates was parked there all day. When I checked, it was because there was an FD placard on the car. No news […]

Do Unto Others? Church Parking Placards Put Cyclists in Harm’s Way

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2009 | 17 Comments

We posted the link in today’s headlines, but you really need the visuals that go with this story of bike-lane blocking, curb-mounting Sunday motorists, and the police who sanction them. Via Gothamist, the video comes courtesy of Ink Lake blogger Peter Kaufman, a Brooklyn Heights resident who noticed that all the cars illegally parked on […]

First Post-Election Business for City Council: Making Traffic Worse

By Ben Fried | Nov 16, 2009 | 24 Comments

Looks like the City Council is ready to assert itself in the wake of Michael Bloomberg’s underwhelming re-election to a third term. They’ve chosen to draw a line in the sand, apparently, by creating more congestion on New York City’s streets. To signal their displeasure with law enforcement, Council members David Weprin, Simcha Felder, and […]

Principals Union Sues After City Refuses to Reinstate Parking Perks

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2009 | 13 Comments

The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union representing public school principals and other administrative personnel, wants free parking for its members, and is suing the city to get it. Last year, the number of placards issued by the Department of Education — some 63,000 — was reduced to bring it in line with […]

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