Eyes on the Street: NYPD Meets Bx12 Riders Halfway

By Brad Aaron
Aug 6, 2009

It’s pretty sad when a bus lane-blocking truck with a ticket on the windshield is news. Yet here we are. This one was spotted during the Wednesday evening rush in the Bx12 Select Bus lane on 207th Street in Inwood. The driver was nowhere in sight.

Neither was the agent who presumably issued the violation, parked a couple of blocks east.

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Eyes on the Street: NYPD Continues to Mistake Bus Lane for Parking

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008

A tipster sends in these shots of police — again — and trucks — again — parked in the 34th Street Select Bus Service lane. Looks like the city’s Botts’ Dots are more soft than barrier. Where is the outrage from the parking-obsessed media? Oh, right — they’re out chasing the real story.

Eyes on the Street: Busted in the Bus Lane

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We’ve posted many times on NYPD bus lane abuse, so it’s nice to have this reader-submitted shot. This scofflaw driver was tagged Monday evening on E. 57th Street between Madison and Fifth — just in time for bus passengers to witness a rare act of traffic law enforcement. With new MTA chief Jay Walder citing […]