NYC Cedes Newly Upgraded Inwood Crosswalk to Placard-Abusing City Employees
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The situation at the Inwood crosswalk shows how the placard system is directly at odds with DOT safety projects.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards
Hooray for Placard Fraud Busts — Now When Will de Blasio Address the Real Problem?
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Much more common than a detailed forgery are parking violations committed with real placards, or the use of informal signifiers of authority to scare away enforcement agents.
Placard Abusers Gravitate to Upgraded Inwood Crosswalk as Soon as the Stripes Are Dry
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This is just one example of how placards directly undermine DOT's street safety projects, which often rely on low-cost methods, like striping, that are easily circumvented by placard holders.
The Restoration of NYC Principal Parking Perks Reveals the Warped Priorities of Placard Culture
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In a pair of Bloomberg-era decisions, an arbitrator and a judge agreed that school administrators were entitled to free parking on the job, and said taking transit to work was a hardship for DOE employees.
City Hall Says It Will Release Records on New Teacher Parking Placards … After the Election
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The public won’t know what prompted de Blasio to restore teacher parking perks until the general election is in the mayor’s rear view mirror.
De Blasio Promises “Crackdown” on Parking Placard Abuse
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Mayor de Blasio announced plans today to "crack down" on rampant parking placard abuse, one week after his administration granted tens of thousands of new placards to school employees.