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‘Cheaper than a Garage’: Meet the Drivers Who Get Repeat Tickets for Not Moving Their Cars

Alternate-side-parking tickets make up one-in-five parking summonses! And 77 percent go to repeat offenders.

March 5, 2024

Parking or Parkland? Brooklyn Judges Could Lose their Perk

Columbus Park should live up to its name, not parking, one lawmaker said.

February 28, 2024

POWER PLAY: City Moves to Put Thousands More E-Car Chargers on the Sidewalk

We should stop and think before giving over curbside space to car drivers, a mistake the city made in the 1950s.

February 22, 2024

No License Plates? No Problem! Scofflaw Drivers Remove Tags Yet Rarely Get Caught

Cars without license plates are everywhere in New York City, but the Adams administration is failing to crack down on them, allowing tens of thousands of drivers to dodge accountability in the city each year.

January 16, 2024

Vision? Zero: Prospect Heights Seeks Daylighting for a Neighborhood with None

No streets are clear of parked cars as required under state law — and locals see it as evidence that the area’s streets "really are unsafe.”

November 14, 2023

How Even Modest Reductions in Parking Can Slash Your Rent

Residents of New Jersey would reduce their yearly rent by $1,056 on average if their leaders would simply relax outdated parking rules.

November 2, 2023

Advocates Demand Daylighting at Intersections in Wake of Boy’s Death

"This is just the latest painful incident underscoring the need for additional investments in street safety, such as by daylighting intersections," says a key Council member.

October 31, 2023

‘Slap On the Wrist’: Cop Loses 15 Vacation Days, $500 For Harassing 311 Complainant

NYPD Officer John Madera must pay $500 and forfeit 15 days vacation for threatening a man who reported illegal parking outside his precinct.

October 24, 2023

Monday’s Headlines: People Over Parking Edition

Two spots for cars — or one spot for humans? Plus other news.

October 23, 2023

Adams: Eliminating ‘Parking’ for Trash is ‘Small Price to Pay’

Let's hope Hizzoner still feels that way when angry motorists throw a fit about the loss of "parking."

October 11, 2023