Comments on: God Said, “Let There Be Parking Placards.” And It Was So. http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: vnm http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45144 vnm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:38:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45144 I thought about this issue a lot last summer when I rode up Frederick Douglass Boulevard and noted the ornate signs placed in the street reading "pastor parking" and such. I concluded that this whole thing doesn't really bother me because it doesn't expand the amount of parking. It just reallocates it. Yeah, it's presumptuous on the part of the clergy, but it just makes parking that much more difficult, which, in general, reduces the desire to operate a car. I thought about this issue a lot last summer when I rode up Frederick Douglass Boulevard and noted the ornate signs placed in the street reading "pastor parking" and such. I concluded that this whole thing doesn't really bother me because it doesn't expand the amount of parking. It just reallocates it. Yeah, it's presumptuous on the part of the clergy, but it just makes parking that much more difficult, which, in general, reduces the desire to operate a car.

]]> By: kt http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45128 kt Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:41:14 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45128 interesting. just today i saw an illegally parked vehicle on canal at church st. with a homemade "clergy" placard sitting on the dash and big crosses hanging from the rearview mirror. interesting. just today i saw an illegally parked vehicle on canal at church st. with a homemade "clergy" placard sitting on the dash and big crosses hanging from the rearview mirror.

]]> By: livable streets soul http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45127 livable streets soul Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:17:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45127 Does this mean we're in purgatory now? Does this mean we're in purgatory now?

]]> By: Lucifer http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45126 Lucifer Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:13:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45126 Actually, I'd like to report that in hell there are billions of cars...but only one parking spot. Actually, I'd like to report that in hell there are billions of cars...but only one parking spot.

]]> By: BicyclesOnly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45125 BicyclesOnly Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:13:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45125 Each S'blogger should post one or two shots to UncivilServants next week. Let's kick the new policy off with a bang! Each S'blogger should post one or two shots to UncivilServants next week. Let's kick the new policy off with a bang!

]]> By: God http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45124 God Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:09:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45124 I would like to clarify certain statements that have recently been made in my name. In heaven, it is not our policy to issue parking permits. In fact, heaven is entirely car-free. However, our associates in hell have plenty of parking spaces. The drivers and driver-enablers mentioned in your news item will find their way there in due time. I would like to clarify certain statements that have recently been made in my name.

In heaven, it is not our policy to issue parking permits. In fact, heaven is entirely car-free.

However, our associates in hell have plenty of parking spaces. The drivers and driver-enablers mentioned in your news item will find their way there in due time.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45115 Aaron Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:54:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45115 Once exposed to sunlight, they are claiming that the placards are used by teachers, but the placard in the photo clearly says "clergy." Which is the lie? Behavior like this by synagogues makes this regular synagogue-goer crazy. Especially when our no-cars-on-the-Sabbath rule creates so much potential for the traditional synagogue to be a leading streets-friendly institution. Once exposed to sunlight, they are claiming that the placards are used by teachers, but the placard in the photo clearly says "clergy." Which is the lie?

Behavior like this by synagogues makes this regular synagogue-goer crazy. Especially when our no-cars-on-the-Sabbath rule creates so much potential for the traditional synagogue to be a leading streets-friendly institution.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45114 Larry Littlefield Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:53:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45114 I thought 9/11 would have the opposite effect, as it did in London. I hope our military and homeland security personnel will be able to prevent an attack with WMD, but there is little they can do to stop a Tim McVeigh style truck bomb or an Iraq-style car bomb from killing hundreds in a dense location. I expected that 9/11 would lead to something like the "trusted traveler" program of only certain people being able to drive onto Manhattan Island without a search. Perhaps Long Island and Staten Island too. I guess they are waiting for something horrible to happen in order for the political will to be mobilized. Does just anyone have a "right" to drive into the Old City of Jeruselam? I thought 9/11 would have the opposite effect, as it did in London.

I hope our military and homeland security personnel will be able to prevent an attack with WMD, but there is little they can do to stop a Tim McVeigh style truck bomb or an Iraq-style car bomb from killing hundreds in a dense location.

I expected that 9/11 would lead to something like the "trusted traveler" program of only certain people being able to drive onto Manhattan Island without a search. Perhaps Long Island and Staten Island too.

I guess they are waiting for something horrible to happen in order for the political will to be mobilized.

Does just anyone have a "right" to drive into the Old City of Jeruselam?

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45112 Glenn Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:22:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45112 Kudos to Garodnick for calling it BS and making such a blanket statement. Kudos to Garodnick for calling it BS and making such a blanket statement.

]]> By: Felix http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45111 Felix Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:16:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45111 Glenn, You're not supposed to ask that question. The whole point of putting "9/11" in the explanation is to ensure that scrutiny is avoided. Glenn,

You're not supposed to ask that question. The whole point of putting "9/11" in the explanation is to ensure that scrutiny is avoided.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45110 Glenn Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:12:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45110 Exactly how does 9/11 become an excuse for parking permits. Exactly how does 9/11 become an excuse for parking permits.

]]> By: mike http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45107 mike Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:04:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45107 thou shalt not covet thy neighbors' parking placard, but print one of thy own. thou shalt not covet thy neighbors' parking placard, but print one of thy own.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45106 Larry Littlefield Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:59:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45106 (More proof that once one group claims a special privilege, the circle of entitlement tends to widen.) Only if those on the outside are willing to break the law. The trend has actually been for the circle of entitlement to deepen, with those receiving special privileges getting more of them and those out the outside worse and worse off. If this keeps up, no one will be willing to obey the law, pay taxes, pay fares or work, because everyone will have a legitimate case for following a higher authority. (More proof that once one group claims a special privilege, the circle of entitlement tends to widen.)

Only if those on the outside are willing to break the law. The trend has actually been for the circle of entitlement to deepen, with those receiving special privileges getting more of them and those out the outside worse and worse off.

If this keeps up, no one will be willing to obey the law, pay taxes, pay fares or work, because everyone will have a legitimate case for following a higher authority.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45105 ddartley Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:56:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45105 9/11 is the reason my office stopped allowing indoor bike parking. It's profound, isn't it, how that statement is utterly absurd, and yet it's true? 9/11 is the reason my office stopped allowing indoor bike parking.

It's profound, isn't it, how that statement is utterly absurd, and yet it's true?

]]> By: rhubarbpie http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45104 rhubarbpie Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45104 I'm pretty sure that IS what God said, right after he said, "You have a God-given to drive anywhere you damn well please." I'm pretty sure that IS what God said, right after he said, "You have a God-given to drive anywhere you damn well please."

]]> By: Charles Siegel http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45102 Charles Siegel Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:44:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45102 I have been printing 50 counterfeit $1000 bills for myself each month. Now that I have been caught, I promise I will cut down to 8 counterfeit $1000 bills a month by the end of June, 2008. I have been printing 50 counterfeit $1000 bills for myself each month. Now that I have been caught, I promise I will cut down to 8 counterfeit $1000 bills a month by the end of June, 2008.

]]> By: mike http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45101 mike Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:21:45 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/27/and-god-said-let-there-be-parking-placards-and-it-was-so/#comment-45101 Interesting scheme the Community Board came up with. As of right now, those placards are implicitly illegal. Come March 1st, they will be explicitly illegal. So instead of the "number of placards in use is reduced to two by June 2010", they better get used to "0 placards, effective immediately". Interesting scheme the Community Board came up with. As of right now, those placards are implicitly illegal. Come March 1st, they will be explicitly illegal.

So instead of the "number of placards in use is reduced to two by June 2010", they better get used to "0 placards, effective immediately".

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