Comments on: Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”? http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ManhattanDowntowner http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-53213 ManhattanDowntowner Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:02:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/#comment-53213 7/8/2008 In Chinatown: A meeting with Sheldon Silver, Martin Connor and Alan Gerson this evening. Will try to report goings on, on the status of placard abuse. At this meeting I will try to inquire about the above noted study. 7/8/2008 In Chinatown: A meeting with Sheldon Silver, Martin Connor and Alan Gerson this evening. Will try to report goings on, on the status of placard abuse.

At this meeting I will try to inquire about the above noted study.

]]> By: Curious http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-50962 Curious Wed, 28 May 2008 19:47:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/#comment-50962 That is a great study. They buried it by releasing Friday afternoon, but there is certainly good data in there. That is a great study. They buried it by releasing Friday afternoon, but there is certainly good data in there.

]]> By: ManhattanDowntowner http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-50899 ManhattanDowntowner Wed, 28 May 2008 05:10:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/#comment-50899 This study tells all: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20080314_PARKING.pdf http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20081013_MAPS.pdf I don't think the time has run out at all on the placard abuse crackdown. I was walking, Tues 5/27/2008, on Franklin St and Walker St and there were dozens of tickets issued to placarded cars of all types, NYPD, Court Officer, etc. This was about 4:p.m. Wiley and WNYC are to be commended to keeping this issue in the forefront. What I'm curious about is: Why wasn't the above study mentioned in the article? It's the most damaging (and current) expose' yet on placard abuse! This study tells all:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20080314_PARKING.pdf

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20081013_MAPS.pdf

I don't think the time has run out at all on the placard abuse crackdown. I was walking, Tues 5/27/2008, on Franklin St and Walker St and there were dozens of tickets issued to placarded cars of all types, NYPD, Court Officer, etc. This was about 4:p.m.

Wiley and WNYC are to be commended to keeping this issue in the forefront. What I'm curious about is: Why wasn't the above study mentioned in the article? It's the most damaging (and current) expose' yet on placard abuse!

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-50860 Spud Spudly Tue, 27 May 2008 17:37:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/#comment-50860 The light blue Camry with a police permit that's always parked illegally in front of my building actually had a ticket on it last month. And it doesn't have a permit any longer either. The light blue Camry with a police permit that's always parked illegally in front of my building actually had a ticket on it last month. And it doesn't have a permit any longer either.

]]> By: buford puser http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-50857 buford puser Tue, 27 May 2008 16:57:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/#comment-50857 Let's be clear here: permits have been consolidated under DoT & NYPD. There was a little show about a crackdown; tickets will probably continue to be issued to non-LE permits, especially Fire Dept. Enforcement against NYPD, including obvious counterfeit SBA permits will never happen. Having ceded increased power over permits to the NYPD, Bloomberg is done. Unlike DoT, the NYPD is an autonomous agency not subject to civilian control; it'll be a cold day in hell when Ray Kelly has to take orders from Mayor Mike! Googoos who read the City Charter as saying something different are living in a fantasy world. Let's be clear here: permits have been consolidated under DoT & NYPD. There was a little show about a crackdown; tickets will probably continue to be issued to non-LE permits, especially Fire Dept. Enforcement against NYPD, including obvious counterfeit SBA permits will never happen. Having ceded increased power over permits to the NYPD, Bloomberg is done.
Unlike DoT, the NYPD is an autonomous agency not subject to civilian control; it'll be a cold day in hell when Ray Kelly has to take orders from Mayor Mike! Googoos who read the City Charter as saying something different are living in a fantasy world.

]]> By: Curious http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-50855 Curious Tue, 27 May 2008 16:29:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/27/has-time-run-out-on-the-parking-placard-crackdown/#comment-50855 Lets do some math: Roughly 80,000 legit placards + Lets just say an equal 80,000 counterfeit placards = 160,000 placards. If you ticket 2,000 of them, as the officer in the interview stated, thats essentially a 1% chance of getting a ticket. (And really its 160,000 parking every weekday and only 2,000 tickets over a few weeks so the odds of getting a ticket are pretty close to zero.) I'd still drive too. Hell, I think I'll print out my own placard. Lets do some math:
Roughly 80,000 legit placards + Lets just say an equal 80,000 counterfeit placards = 160,000 placards.
If you ticket 2,000 of them, as the officer in the interview stated, thats essentially a 1% chance of getting a ticket.

(And really its 160,000 parking every weekday and only 2,000 tickets over a few weeks so the odds of getting a ticket are pretty close to zero.)

I'd still drive too. Hell, I think I'll print out my own placard.

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