Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Permits

NYC Bike Lanes sent the picture of Duffield Street to Mayor Adams (inset).

Op-Ed: Mayor Adams’s Blind Spot on Placard Abuse is Alarming, Given His ‘Covid and Crime’ Focus

By NYC Bike Lanes | Jan 3, 2022 | No Comments

Here's what happened when a street safety advocate texted Mayor Adams about placard abuse in Downtown Brooklyn.

Ydanis Rodriguez at a press conference announcing his appointment to the Department of Transportation in December 2021. Photo: Dave Colon

Incoming DOT Commissioner Supports Residential Parking Permits

By Dave Colon | Dec 28, 2021 | No Comments

Ydanis Rodriguez threw car owners a bone by reiterating his support for a citywide residential parking permit program — even though the agency he will take over has staunchly opposed it.

Illegally parked cars are the scourge of Downtown Brooklyn — even one day after an NYPD towing crackdown. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

#FAKECRACKDOWN: One Day After NYPD Towing, Placard Abusers are Back in Downtown Bklyn

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

Sisyphus, meet scofflaws.

NYPD officers showed off their patrol bikes to Streetsblog in 2012.

OPINION: Make City Cops Bike Their Precincts

By Jeremy Posner | Jul 7, 2021 | No Comments

An annual requirement to ride in the bike lanes would go a long way toward changing their "windshield perspective."

Garcia, Stringer Say they Will Fight Placards — But Both Presided Over Increases on Their Watch

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 18, 2021 | No Comments

Neither candidate's campaign responded regarding whether voters should be concerned about the growth in placard use in these candidates' offices.

This is all you need to park illegally near the Brooklyn tow pound. Photo: Mars van Grunsven

Of All the Places: Placard Perps Park Wherever they Want Near the Tow Pound

By Mars van Grunsven | May 3, 2021 | No Comments

Who's towing the towers? Answer: no one.

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