Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

The Second Avenue bus lane on a Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Photos: Rich Mintz

Street Cheats: 13th Precinct Parks All Over Second Ave Bus Lane

By Ben Fried | Mar 1, 2018 | 3 Comments

In the competition to immiserate the greatest number of bus-riding New Yorkers with city-issued parking placards, the 13th Precinct on the East Side of Manhattan gives the cops and court officers of downtown Brooklyn a run for their money.

What's wrong with this picture? THERE'S A TRUCK IN THE BUS LANE! Photo: TransitCenter

Paging Mayor de Blasio — Fix Your Bus Lanes

By David Meyer | Feb 26, 2018 | 9 Comments

If good bus service was a priority for de Blasio, City Hall wouldn't let NYPD vehicles and delivery trucks obstruct bus lanes all over the city.

The B41 in downtown Brooklyn can't use the bus lane thanks to chronic placard abuse, so riders sit in traffic instead. Photo: Ben Fried

Do the Math: De Blasio’s ‘Placard Crackdown’ Is Meaningless

By Ben Fried | Feb 23, 2018 | 41 Comments

Even with a few more fines, placard abuse pays.

Before Streetsblog started asking city agencies about the driver’s identity, this Health Department car was often stowed in a no parking zone on Park Terrace West in Inwood.

NYC Health Department Closes Ranks Around Staffer Caught Repeatedly Stealing Curb Space

By Brad Aaron | Feb 23, 2018 | 5 Comments

DOH won't reveal who habitually left a fleet vehicle in a no parking zone next to a park entrance on the Manhattan street where Commissioner Mary Bassett owns a home. The agency did not take the car away from the employee.

As many as 40 buses an hour are disrupted by public employees who have taken over the curbside lane on Livingston Street. Video still: @JarekFA

De Blasio “Placard Crackdown” Update: Placard Holders Monopolize Livingston Street Bus Lane

By Brad Aaron | Feb 16, 2018 | 6 Comments

Nine months after Mayor de Blasio announced his big placard crackdown, it has yet to reach Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, where bus riders stew in traffic while placard-holding government employees illegally park in the bus lane.

Speaker Corey Johnson (left with Council Member Ritchie Torres) has unveiled his speed camera bill. Photo: John McCartin for NYC Council

Placard Abuse, Construction Dysfunction, and Hit-and-Runs May End Up in the Crosshairs of a Ritchie Torres Investigation

By David Meyer | Feb 13, 2018 | 2 Comments

Torres chairs the City Council's new investigative committee, and he's bristling with ideas to put it to good use.

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