Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Parking Placards

112,000 Less Cars

By Brad Aaron | Jun 11, 2007 | 33 Comments

Here are more points from Friday’s PlaNYC Hearing: Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff estimated congestion pricing would remove 112,000 cars from city streets on a daily basis, with 94,000 would-be drivers switching to transit, in what he said would be "Probably the single greatest mode shift anywhere." DOT Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller said that whatever edge […]

Days Numbered for City Parking Privileges?

By Brad Aaron | May 16, 2007 | 3 Comments

Michael Bloomberg (front row, fourth from right) with other mayors at the C40 Summit City employees should not have the right to free parking any more than New Yorkers who labor in the private sector, Mayor Bloomberg said Tuesday, hinting that the perk which entices 35 percent of government workers to drive to Manhattan could […]

Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 19, 2007 | No Comments

The Fort Greene Association has scored another victory in the fight against abuse of placarded parking, this time with some help from very high places. According to Fredrik Anderson, the FGA’s vice chair and head of its transportation committee, neighborhood merchants and residents had been frustrated that state employees who work at 55 Hanson Place […]

Eyes on the Street: Inspector Yee Tows His Own

By Jason Varone | Apr 10, 2007 | 9 Comments

Apparently, the retired NYPD officer who wrote the infamous, "We do not summons our own" rant in the UncivilServants.org comment section the other day never met Deputy Inspector Gin Yee, commanding officer of Manhattan’s 5th Precinct. Inspector Yee tows his own. These photos were snapped on March 28th at approximately 1:20 pm. And here is […]

Ungrateful Liberal Scum, “We Do Not Summons Our Own.”

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 28, 2007 | 37 Comments

A certain sense of entitlement emerges in the UncivilServants comments section. Posted verbatim, no spelling check: I have no intensions of ever parking legally whenever I am in NYC. It is a perk that has been in standard practice since the end of time. It is not the officer’s fault that the NYPD does not […]

Streetfilms: George Washington Parked Here

By Jason Varone | Mar 26, 2007 | 5 Comments

Red Hook Lane: A Parking Lot to HistoryA StreetFilm by Sean CliffordRunning time: 1 minute 22 seconds StreetFilms’ Sean Clifford discovers that one of New York City government employees’ favorite illegal parking spots in Downtown Brooklyn happens to be the last vestige of a historic road that played a significant role in the Revolutionary War. […]

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