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Officer Convicted in Beating Was Handing Off Parking Placard
From the New York Times, via an eagle-eyed Streetsblog tipster:
August 21, 2007
Hello, Dolly!
A knowledgeable tipster submitted this gem to UncivilServants, the web-based watchdog for government parking abuse in New York City. The yellow Porsche Carrera, above, was spotted parked in front of a fire hydrant on the east side of Seventh Avenue, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between Sterling Place and St. John's Place at about 7:30 pm on Sunday, July 29. On the dashboard, a Dept. of City Planning placard ensures that the windshield of this little beauty is unlikely ever to have a parking ticket placed upon it. A Patrolmen's Benevolent Association card sits atop the parking placard for good measure.
August 7, 2007
City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes
Outdoor bike parking at 100 Gold Street
August 1, 2007
Sadik-Khan: Many Initiatives Are Under Way…
Today's Crain's Insider, available to subscribers only, reports on the next steps for the Bloomberg Administration's broader Long-Term Sustainability Plan now that congestion pricing has cleared its first hurdle in Albany:
July 30, 2007
Parking Reform: Reduce Congestion & Raise Money Minus Albany
With congestion pricing stalled in Albany gridlock, what's next? What immediate measures can New York City take to reduce traffic congestion without having to go through Albany to implement them? How else might New York City reduce traffic congestion while raising a bit of money for transit, bicycling and pedestrian improvements? Back in May, Transportation Alternatives executive director Paul Steely White suggested that parking policy reform in this Gotham Gazette essay:
July 17, 2007
Days Numbered for City Parking Privileges?
Michael Bloomberg (front row, fourth from right) with other mayors at the C40 Summit
May 16, 2007
Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards
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.
April 19, 2007