tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61854375542196476222024-03-16T22:53:59.527-07:00Streetwise: Parking in ManhattanStreetwise: Parking in Manhattan; Life Happen While You Park in New York and Other Useful InfoTomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-84399390267680099692024-03-01T07:53:00.000-08:002024-03-01T07:53:47.431-08:00Frog in a Boiling Pot<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>It’s official. NYC will be transitioning to a new side-loading
garbage truck. According to Mayor Adams, lucky Manhattan Community Board 9 (<b>Morningside</b>
<b>Heights</b>, <b>Manhattanville</b>, and <b>Hamilton</b> <b>Heights</b>) will
be the first CB<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with 100 percent of its
trash containerized and serviced by next year. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFSGeEUuEnCig2SKpjz869v9Odt2LarEosK4CisaJpOBruJssD73sButxvHms4-LsCTSNbA5qqFhuNGw0Mi2Azs-MW_YU9LueVHNQn696pMZQt6gWOnftqMiIhyGBWtKwI1TUFPg3zGEMi4B4LrZOlJv2M3U5wbHxAeQKEiAOHrUIsuzgKCz3HGlZo35p/s800/New_Garbage_Truck_no_Highlight.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Side Loading Garbage Truck" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFSGeEUuEnCig2SKpjz869v9Odt2LarEosK4CisaJpOBruJssD73sButxvHms4-LsCTSNbA5qqFhuNGw0Mi2Azs-MW_YU9LueVHNQn696pMZQt6gWOnftqMiIhyGBWtKwI1TUFPg3zGEMi4B4LrZOlJv2M3U5wbHxAeQKEiAOHrUIsuzgKCz3HGlZo35p/w480-h640/New_Garbage_Truck_no_Highlight.png" title="Side Loading Garbage Truck" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Image courtesy of The Official Website of the City of New
York)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>This is all happening four years ahead of the Mayor’s own
previous schedule, which is not a case of grandstanding by a Mayor who had his
phones seized by the FBI and is the subject of at least three criminal
investigations including an investigation into the mayor’s former buildings
commissioner that is expected to yield bribery and mob-related charges against
several people who helped raise money for Mayor Adams. Nor is it a public
relations ploy to distract from the lowest mayoral approval rating (28%)
recorded in the over 25 years Quinnipiac University has been polling. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>We won’t look askance at the whopping influx of funds needed
for the re-fitted Sanitation Industry in these currently lean years of
austerity budgets where almost everything but Sanitation has been earmarked for
cuts. Still, a fleet of new trucks for our infamously Italian-cuisine-loving
Mayor with a mechanized side loader made from superior Italian technology may be
more costly than we realize. In addition, there is the maintenance of said
trucks, worker training, new signage and much more that will rack up additional
costs for this giant overhaul. We won’t mention these concerns because everyone
knows Rats are a real problem in NYC, at least from a human point of view. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>What about the rats’ needs? This program is designed to
reduce the rat population by starvation. The program champions proudly inform
us these containers will effectively deprive rats access to food. Is that fair?
Have we completely forgotten about the rats’ right to live and breathe? Sure,
they can’t embarrass us on X or GoFundMe, but what if they did have a voice? Will PETA come to their aid citing cruelty and
torture? What news outlets or action groups are taking up their cause? Is this
the one species that has no right to live or just another species that can’t
afford to live in New York City?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Some Paleontologists believe that a small rat-like mammal is
the first known creature belonging to the evolutionary line that led to
human beings. Its fossil, uncovered in China, is evidence of the earliest “placental”
species, an ancestor of all placental mammals (mammals that diverged from other
mammals) like us. To assert our Manifest Destiny over rat territory we may be
starving to death part of our own ancestral heritage. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>So, let’s assume we do effectively begin to starve out the
rats. What recourse will rats then have? Will they go quietly in underground
rat hospices surrounded by equally emaciated rat friends and family? Will they fight
and cannibalize each other to the bitter end until there is nothing left but a few rat
bones to pick over? In the course of history, when the means of sustenance runs
out, animals have adapted their food source, migrated or gone extinct. I, for
one, have had rats chew through my car wiring on four different occasions over the
years disabling lights, hindering transmissions, you name it. Apparently, the
insulation is yummy, but they go right through the copper strands as well. I no
longer park overnight near restaurants. With this new program, will any
distance from our finer food sources be safe? Any New Yorker can tell you what rats
do to our streets when heavy rains or a broken water main floods their burrows.
It’s the quotable “sinking ship.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Here I think our Mayor and City Council practice the wisdom of
the Frog in a Pot. Not to be confused with the Frog in a Blender, this story is
if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog
is put in lukewarm water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not
perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. It’s a parable that has been
used to explain everything from the Nazi rise to power to deniers of global
warming and the unraveling of democracy around the world. The plan is to eradicate
the rodents before they know it.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>In today’s world what would people do if they were
systematically denied the very food they need to survive? Say it was a group of
people on a flight and the stewardess announced there would be only enough food
for first class and the plane will never land. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect it will land with a crash. Or imagine
a crowd of people waiting for Walmart to open on Black Friday were suddenly told
there would be only half as many sales items this year. They’ve made movies
about that one. Safe to say humans would not go quietly. Will our great aunt/uncle
ancestor, the rodent, go any quieter?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A Dept. of
Sanitation (DSNY) report estimates that the new extra wide trash containers
will take up <b>between 10% to 25% of curb parking on any given block</b>. That
would mean once this becomes a citywide program, it could result in the loss of
up to 150,000 parking spaces. Chalk it up to the ever expanding list of citywide
initiatives (too many to mention) to systematically choke off street parking and drive it (and us) to
ultimate extinction. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span> </span>Once again, the
middle class, who can’t afford a garage, who need to park our cars on the street,
are treated like rats.</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-8988563718712204142024-01-30T07:35:00.000-08:002024-02-02T08:08:17.100-08:00Congestion Pricing is Already Here<p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>Make no mistake. Congestion Pricing is here. The Talking Heads are still wagging. The rules and rates will probably face new obstacles and legal challenges but the sensors, quietly in place, are already watching and waiting. </p><p><span> </span>What you see below is not a truck clearance barrier, car charging station, or drone parade formation. Even now, Big Brother is gathering data and we are it. They will image your car and your license plate and anything else their sensitive cameras can detect. Is it only a matter of time before the data is used for crime solving? And then crime prevention? <br /></p><p><span> </span>Lastly, there's always that cutting edge, state-of-the-art, AI-masterminded <i>Crime Prediction</i>. That new digitally enhanced facial recognition, data-crunching, probability-munching algorithm that knows before you do what crime you may commit. Only kidding. Right? Still they can't help but invade what was once taken for granted as our
personal space. The autonomy of being in your automobile will be a
little less. Again.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjproiZuxAiSUpGikXQ4cbkKFaDJmgj0Av_p2ABCsxjL21RZPPVLUTMufjkrwE9nCb_cWfsG_pt5yuaidpMBmj87fBrXMOWgpyn2nNLJ4BLESNVPsw1Rc26Phi-CuCBWnvogfWBwSMGEtAed2TG7EqDyKacbvQNYiDBzHlfZ2WmqI8LwzjG2AnPqg7wE6w3/s1600/Congestion_Sensors.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjproiZuxAiSUpGikXQ4cbkKFaDJmgj0Av_p2ABCsxjL21RZPPVLUTMufjkrwE9nCb_cWfsG_pt5yuaidpMBmj87fBrXMOWgpyn2nNLJ4BLESNVPsw1Rc26Phi-CuCBWnvogfWBwSMGEtAed2TG7EqDyKacbvQNYiDBzHlfZ2WmqI8LwzjG2AnPqg7wE6w3/w300-h400/Congestion_Sensors.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above 61 Street, West Side</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> <br /></p><p><span> </span>They hover above us, so shiny and new. They loom ahead like traffic lights that charge you to pass through an intersection. They don't blink red. They only blink green. Yours and mine. So let's just say it: drivers in the city must be able to afford it, right? After all, they own a car. The MTA would like us to assume such logic. Then we could reason that it is simply to tax the middle class driving public in order to improve service on our transit system. A large portion of the cleared funds will, no doubt, go to train and bus service, but Car Shares and bicycle rental stations, traffic enforcement cameras, employee salaries, anything and everything under the Transportation umbrella will likely be fair use of the new revenue stream. Beware the moment our city or state goes into an economic downturn, then this tax will go wherever the Mayor and Council deem worthy. </p><p></p><p><span> </span>Of course, this new surcharge will also cut into the profits of taxi companies and NYC's billion dollar off-street parking industry, not to mention the multiple billions of dollars spent on automobile sales, parts, repairs, maintenance, insurance, registration fees, tolls, ticket revenue (and all it's enforcement and collection goods and services), etc. Many local brick-and-mortar businesses count on parking availability to increase sales. That's why the implementation of curb front parking meters can be so fervently contested in Community Board hearings. No worries, small businesses. Amazon or Door Dash can make up that difference (increased delivery fee added). The point is most of us will clearly be able to afford these losses to the local economy and tax base. Right?</p><p><span> </span>What will happen to those businesses on the border of a congestion parking zone? Cross into a zone and be on the wrong side of the tracks. Will the garages and other businesses on the right side of the tracks have a new unearned advantage? Why did your favorite food delivery, just blocks away, become more expensive? Maybe right-sided businesses and residences will experience a real estate boom. Only, how crowded will those all important dividing streets and their subway stations be? Those sidewalks? Someone will tell us that all these factors have been carefully weighed and considered, but does that council member or MTA board member live or buy groceries in midtown, own a car, a small business? As government employees they may have to request a cost-of-living raise.<br /></p><p><span> </span>The most unfairly taxed is our commercial traffic. They have to pay even higher congestion rates (currently set at $24 - $36 compared to $15 for regular motorists). Only they don't have any other public transportation options. What does this mean for the prices of delivered goods in our beloved, but expensive Manhattan? They will be going up to absorb the new costs, of course. But will they only go up in congestion parking zones? So, isn't this really a tax on everyone? <br /></p><p></p><p><span> </span>Wasn't that the plan all along:<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>years of redirected and increasingly restricted traffic flow, </li><li>more and more bicycle lanes to promote our recommended mode of transit for the coordinated and uncoordinated, young and old, firm and infirm</li><li>the Covid pandemic (has to be) </li><li>massive midtown and downtown building construction <br />(and their approved environmental impact studies that project as acceptable the increased load on utilities, subways and traffic systems, human and automotive) </li><li>NYC's vital tourism trade (It's what we do most)?<br /></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>We have over crowded our midtown streets. </p><p></p><div><span> </span>Now we get to charge admission. <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div>TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-69725885069898519392024-01-06T07:42:00.000-08:002024-01-31T15:45:12.474-08:00Parking Restrictions Held Against Will (Oh no!)<p>It's true. In residential neighborhoods near and far our beloved parking signs have been overrun. They have been grabbed, bagged and gagged. Humiliated even. But please, let's not lose ourselves in the heat of the moment.<br /></p><p>Sure, parking in NYC is getting harder and rarer by the minute. We pay our high prices, tolls, fees, taxes, insurance, maintenance, congestion rates and generally hold up our part of the economic bargain, only to learn that deal has been taken off the table. The Great Parking Squeeze is upon us. Parking spaces are gobbled up by the big brains of the DOT like snack pellets in a Pac-Man game.<br /></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Former parking spaces usurped by bicycles fit only for the death-defying and athletic among us <br /></li><li>Higher meter rates <br /></li><li>Car share spaces encroaching more and more on your block and mine... but the cars are never available on holidays or weekends, are they? <br /></li><li>Increased regulations and restrictions openly calculated to suppress car ownership</li></ul><p>It is alarming and may even seem, to some, to be un-American, but that is no excuse for violence or insurrection. We are, after all, all in this together.<br /></p><p>The pictures you are about to see may be disturbing to some viewers, but I think we need to see where our frustrations have led us if only to learn just how far is too far. <br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkev1AC2FGyKubr65lAuKQGTGLDOjYCahv2L6OqVe6BHQ1FopIQTOq6KtbRc3awdxtm6K89Ut43S3V02ZoRFHAbM3FWg_GgEiJc3ljVKOYTmVvqcMEJwmsThJsJxCTJZjXZR5_LlItbaZtysI3mCJqZmu0I-Vr0jTPJ0tHLreJGjKEehlB0hkJ9owNbLP/s1600/Bagged_Sign1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkev1AC2FGyKubr65lAuKQGTGLDOjYCahv2L6OqVe6BHQ1FopIQTOq6KtbRc3awdxtm6K89Ut43S3V02ZoRFHAbM3FWg_GgEiJc3ljVKOYTmVvqcMEJwmsThJsJxCTJZjXZR5_LlItbaZtysI3mCJqZmu0I-Vr0jTPJ0tHLreJGjKEehlB0hkJ9owNbLP/s320/Bagged_Sign1.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bound and taped (just doing its job)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQS3ITj2H7v5NLzyOEjZemfeXQBanjSxr64QnUNIt2ypNLuYmI4jcanZXxnITuIt8NHGtSEVWPm13n2suaSo4SSLl_Z8Yjc_PWzse_8vcpv5SSL_mSiJE0QIP2-r3JTlf4U7ZnXP00FfNaxi-zhLnKB3IzzRJ6NRSlfk3fUG9yudGHQ9psf-TpRiDKLoV/s1600/Bagged_Sign_BLK.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQS3ITj2H7v5NLzyOEjZemfeXQBanjSxr64QnUNIt2ypNLuYmI4jcanZXxnITuIt8NHGtSEVWPm13n2suaSo4SSLl_Z8Yjc_PWzse_8vcpv5SSL_mSiJE0QIP2-r3JTlf4U7ZnXP00FfNaxi-zhLnKB3IzzRJ6NRSlfk3fUG9yudGHQ9psf-TpRiDKLoV/s320/Bagged_Sign_BLK.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blacked and bruised (family can't identify)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiC3N6y1tXVk8af-dfAGWGXNdLgw8GOUPfmNst7bpkR7l0qvWYDuFRdXTWnA-XtxNp-SgE9nby2WMLJzT306F6n87-xeI75fCGMfieY7xspWU0YbBTbwlfG_fY3bvkiaxcDWJRn2G5daOfQRoeYmjYkt9ydCsa65zYt8veZe2bPG25tpaG-km0-NDw0oU/s1600/Club_Theft.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiC3N6y1tXVk8af-dfAGWGXNdLgw8GOUPfmNst7bpkR7l0qvWYDuFRdXTWnA-XtxNp-SgE9nby2WMLJzT306F6n87-xeI75fCGMfieY7xspWU0YbBTbwlfG_fY3bvkiaxcDWJRn2G5daOfQRoeYmjYkt9ydCsa65zYt8veZe2bPG25tpaG-km0-NDw0oU/s320/Club_Theft.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Innocent bystander, mistaken for DOT maintenance, booted. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLWHlFxBnqjZUeoqebIAInVCVOzb-yW1e80wcmnT9mReM7PiuzOJXbBGs15llKEQcYlcSGFZvs5QgM61gcp0rqXRHY3IOlfaaRrwWgoNBECyb6ZgDsyBN0c8U7E6ELZybh_RYBtsxPBs5FOW7-QmpYCT_w8Dc47IM2QdP4d0DaoUtEF54OUlfhiAtiuCM/s1600/Toppled_Sign.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLWHlFxBnqjZUeoqebIAInVCVOzb-yW1e80wcmnT9mReM7PiuzOJXbBGs15llKEQcYlcSGFZvs5QgM61gcp0rqXRHY3IOlfaaRrwWgoNBECyb6ZgDsyBN0c8U7E6ELZybh_RYBtsxPBs5FOW7-QmpYCT_w8Dc47IM2QdP4d0DaoUtEF54OUlfhiAtiuCM/s320/Toppled_Sign.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't even work. Good luck beating this ticket!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Is this who we are now? Sure, we're in the under appreciated minority and should never tolerate a DOT fiat, but unrestrained violence hurts us all. For the common good, shouldn't we learn to control our worst impulses (and protect the innocent) no matter how justified? <br /></p><p><br /></p>TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-42731030557369388402023-12-05T08:25:00.000-08:002023-12-25T06:48:49.768-08:00parkken NYC Street Parking App announces HUGE price cut<p>The <b>parkken</b> <a href="https://parkken.com/">iPhone app</a>, normally on sale for $4.99 is now available for <b>99¢</b>. Wait, WHAT? <br />How many percent drop is that? (80%) <br />Volume of ads (0%)<br /><br />The app that answers your parking queries for any Manhattan street for any 12-hour period (and longer) you choose is now practically free. Unless you don’t think 99¢, in our current economic inflation, is basically FREE.<br /><br />WHICH app, you ask. The <b>parkken</b> NYC Street Parking app that:<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>answers immediate queries on a Manhattan Block’s street parking rules</li><li>has a base map with an self explanatory display of our trademark Parking Clocks that show the parking rules in stunning detail (if you have the time to read it; if you don’t, just query)</li><li>includes garage and lot locations</li><li>remembers favorite locations</li><li>convenient Alt Side Parking Suspensions calendar <br /></li></ul><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFvBiQBWV8uFJRERVGBeuYJBQFAho4KnL9HKKJJg0qR4TjgouiN4LK-mISPeIVU9TKtsE-kTVt3AJ3BeEzFxUK3ChZQEsEWsJ7U8qAJo1D9f9SsXILlR0LDJvkM7zGlqlxgygsfblLzlLzVINOpn5fIZSZ_hT0T4Yw01ySmX0gTMnS1H_oIVv8nIFPuwX/s1800/INTRO_Image.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFvBiQBWV8uFJRERVGBeuYJBQFAho4KnL9HKKJJg0qR4TjgouiN4LK-mISPeIVU9TKtsE-kTVt3AJ3BeEzFxUK3ChZQEsEWsJ7U8qAJo1D9f9SsXILlR0LDJvkM7zGlqlxgygsfblLzlLzVINOpn5fIZSZ_hT0T4Yw01ySmX0gTMnS1H_oIVv8nIFPuwX/w400-h213/INTRO_Image.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parking Query options<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />WHY are we doing this:<br /><br />Because we like people<br />Because with the rising costs of everything, we wanted to buck that trend and help NY Drivers <br />Because of the goodness of our hearts<br />Because like you we know too well that closing in of No Parking zones that like our oceans will continue to rise until we can no longer tread water<br />Because we want more of you to buy the thing, duh!<br /><br />But seriously, this is an experiment that may not succeed and, fair warning, the price of the app may have to return to its previous level. <br /><br />NOTE: the 99¢ Android version is now also out.<br /><br /></p><br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-90757642676686206992023-12-04T16:27:00.000-08:002023-12-05T08:06:52.212-08:00Happy Holidays!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvgaXtetsWU5XDvGDzJe4S2s5jYEeU6CKvzRyeM0qIhKOyWJ9ZkD9BGr9ICVR59G5G8VG_1HI6Yv_4Rykdw2HaVz8-VORt-1KR3HfubQCblvXFqc8PY-jDD-tzPSR-PumDPePMFm1UgV0CPG-oXvePt2nY4iMJf8qcrbGIIfWmv4xQ8xPPSrPO2V-ZQ/s700/ParkingMeter_XMAS_2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="700" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvgaXtetsWU5XDvGDzJe4S2s5jYEeU6CKvzRyeM0qIhKOyWJ9ZkD9BGr9ICVR59G5G8VG_1HI6Yv_4Rykdw2HaVz8-VORt-1KR3HfubQCblvXFqc8PY-jDD-tzPSR-PumDPePMFm1UgV0CPG-oXvePt2nY4iMJf8qcrbGIIfWmv4xQ8xPPSrPO2V-ZQ/w517-h354/ParkingMeter_XMAS_2022.png" width="517" /></a></div><br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-79663203429316493752023-01-03T15:38:00.000-08:002023-12-05T14:01:25.056-08:00How NOT to Double Park, Please!<span style="font-size: large;">Is</span> it true that some New Yorkers still don't know how to double park?<br />
It's simple: If any of the vehicles <i><b>legally parked</b></i> at the curb cannot get out because of your vehicle, you deserve that ticket. <br />
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You, who doesn't care, won't share or is ignorantly unaware, this simple graphic is for you:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you ABSOLUTELY have to park someone in, AT LEAST leave your PHONE NUMBER on the dashboard.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiobq4RPZFMX3uxF5cZ2MX7wSTobgAii8SjBIMKrzUQMTswuUEoG2LwuXKqQMpCGcw8gqxvKKYN2m8TkmUmt9G7HR8ptVeejhPWG5XtNG_3Ys4QhfYw9l4QsHQCXkzUfcPHDqLgnCAaa76L7kGIHHz1d4uocUBbH0_ECQDslt1_tjy3hIcgjnsZ683A/s600/D-park_tel-number.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="600" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiobq4RPZFMX3uxF5cZ2MX7wSTobgAii8SjBIMKrzUQMTswuUEoG2LwuXKqQMpCGcw8gqxvKKYN2m8TkmUmt9G7HR8ptVeejhPWG5XtNG_3Ys4QhfYw9l4QsHQCXkzUfcPHDqLgnCAaa76L7kGIHHz1d4uocUBbH0_ECQDslt1_tjy3hIcgjnsZ683A/s320/D-park_tel-number.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">More people than just you use NYC streets!</span><br />
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Duh!</div>
TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-27423884378062255442022-12-24T07:41:00.000-08:002023-12-05T13:59:10.229-08:00Happy Holidays!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfwVjz-4BaGNjEdbEwEl6c4MFZjdjjl2DcOgaA9LvadVbzS9N4BnyUuCAQXgHrCnEnd0Pq9am1pqfORJXHLHJVQcQPceLjCPV12iMpBOhlnmpNx-sOFCmau8GMSyN-sdfC84bfXzz2Hk1/s2048/Santa_Sleigh.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1434" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfwVjz-4BaGNjEdbEwEl6c4MFZjdjjl2DcOgaA9LvadVbzS9N4BnyUuCAQXgHrCnEnd0Pq9am1pqfORJXHLHJVQcQPceLjCPV12iMpBOhlnmpNx-sOFCmau8GMSyN-sdfC84bfXzz2Hk1/w280-h400/Santa_Sleigh.png" width="280" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-59225516344023968112022-12-14T16:04:00.000-08:002022-12-14T16:04:29.404-08:00Genius or Outlaw or Genius Outlaw?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf9mR2wpXx3pTSBXvEKg6jC1VvW6fGzNwIax6OqqdlYmom0PNtV1h8FY8hC43xvV42RLM-DNKO__Z-7zRkQ1DWPkih8S5kNtBi5bZBV_mKifcgLCfFhHhlwGqnvjEI5d6gUNtucMacLBb65rWtBNxXBmQy5qBa1uoZHbSEAR70J4WNWMofqoU_fEzyQ/s2016/IMG_3708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf9mR2wpXx3pTSBXvEKg6jC1VvW6fGzNwIax6OqqdlYmom0PNtV1h8FY8hC43xvV42RLM-DNKO__Z-7zRkQ1DWPkih8S5kNtBi5bZBV_mKifcgLCfFhHhlwGqnvjEI5d6gUNtucMacLBb65rWtBNxXBmQy5qBa1uoZHbSEAR70J4WNWMofqoU_fEzyQ/s320/IMG_3708.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfigXSlmPEHL_zMMCl6U4S9cQ2uu236piodponKl3Fv-KXDR6ovk_Ig8o21rmqamXa_-h1s_JvAiRoEQajDiQMOLkDYu6MPyUtHEFZzk-4lcZveD0If_oJPLVTSshI9_mO6wMOM4Jjfqj5LYE5PWQWi9cblBv75rSK3BGbvJ_o6mgmN6oN3NBfLk4PQ/s2016/IMG_3709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfigXSlmPEHL_zMMCl6U4S9cQ2uu236piodponKl3Fv-KXDR6ovk_Ig8o21rmqamXa_-h1s_JvAiRoEQajDiQMOLkDYu6MPyUtHEFZzk-4lcZveD0If_oJPLVTSshI9_mO6wMOM4Jjfqj5LYE5PWQWi9cblBv75rSK3BGbvJ_o6mgmN6oN3NBfLk4PQ/s320/IMG_3709.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU-IH3F351rfioYEdCGAtQvPhEB5lJlfTlhFtQoAWu6r1nMbOllsPuWWSI_HcP_cZfwfOCYNc9vAwECoyjBO_gKqH9zjy59VAa-gZLGrC2TIBMPwGNDdCAckWVZaSwzqmv81ZXrbOilRKgkbnxcA0xfTiRtR2GR0I1Q770wqLxDUvwktWvde7EHmX7g/s2016/IMG_3711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU-IH3F351rfioYEdCGAtQvPhEB5lJlfTlhFtQoAWu6r1nMbOllsPuWWSI_HcP_cZfwfOCYNc9vAwECoyjBO_gKqH9zjy59VAa-gZLGrC2TIBMPwGNDdCAckWVZaSwzqmv81ZXrbOilRKgkbnxcA0xfTiRtR2GR0I1Q770wqLxDUvwktWvde7EHmX7g/s320/IMG_3711.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-17297112325899061162022-08-09T07:02:00.000-07:002023-12-05T14:01:54.031-08:00Parking Hand Signals (golden oldies)OK, what is the deal with hand signals? I’m not talking about left turn, right turn types of signals that have become obsolete unless you are limping home with a broken blinker system or just like attention from the NYPD. I’m talking about when you’ve returned from a long weekend and a long drive and have been cruising your neighborhood for a half hour for a parking space, you are driving down a block and, “Eureka!” you spot someone getting into their car. You pull up and, unless you just like to hover and idle your engine for long periods of time, and assuming it is not your teenage daughter and her boyfriend in the car, you query the person on whether they are actually leaving. Those hand signals.<br />
I know we are a multiethnic, multi religious, rainbow colored, many peopled melting pot in the making and in New York so much of it works most of the time. But this brave new experiment has not enabled us to come to an agreement on something as simple as some kind of universal hand signals for leaving/not leaving a parking space. I’ve seen hands going up, hands going down, palms upturned, middle finger extended, hands shooing, fingers fluttering, fingers (or finger) wagging, or nothing at all behind tinted windows so dark that you start to wonder if it wasn’t them who pulled up alongside you. The very same gestures can mean opposite things depending on who is giving them or who is receiving them.<br />
Hand signals are important because we often drive with windows closed, very few drivers are legally blind and can understand visual cues, they are quick and do not require us to have a whole conversation or come to a full stop even. No one wants to hover fruitlessly only to let the row of Sharks <span style="font-style: italic;">(see 5-8-10 post)</span> behind you all pass you by relegating you to the back of the line. So, a quick answer to the obvious question is a useful thing.<br />
Thus, I have conducted a very scientifically extensive, double blind, triple axel (with a twist), 4 wheeled survey of my peers and am proposing a universal set of hand/head signals to indicate your current claim to that parking space where you are squatting.<br />
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The <span style="font-weight: bold;">nod (smile optional)</span> would be the <span style="font-weight: bold;">YES I AM LEAVING</span> and this can include any other message or range of emotions you like, because this news is so good, we are prepared to endure it all knowing we will soon be home and at rest to enjoy a favorite movie or talk to our family or friends. For you more athletic types a thumbs up can sometimes be substituted.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Holding up 5 fingers</span> to indicate <span style="font-weight: bold;">5 minutes</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">10 fingers</span> to indicate <span style="font-weight: bold;">10 minutes</span>. All longer units of time up to and over one hour are not understood to be included in either of these signals. When someone once pointed out a New York minute is about half of everybody else’s, they were obviously talking about a driver waiting for a parking space so please do not abuse this signal. If you are just waiting in your vehicle, and are possessed of divine compassion, you might consider vacating the space and waiting double parked.<br />
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In addition to its all important, <span style="font-weight: bold;">NO, I AM NOT MOVING</span> primary meaning, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">wagging of the index finger</span> to the left and right can also be understood to include an entire rainbow of emotions from “So sorry!” to “Just got here.” to “Can’t I just get a little shut eye without people disturbing me?” I think we owe a debt of gratitude to our Latino parkers here as the wagging finger is a favorite among Hispanic drivers I have seen, and, even though it may make some of us feel like we are misbehaving in class, it seems to be the simplest and easiest understood of hand signals.<br />
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Last, but not least. If a driver gets into his or her parked car, but will not answer or even acknowledge your query, maybe won’t even look at you, move on. They have much greater troubles than you.<br />
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Please feel free to offer your own suggestions.TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-43529987361615202992022-05-01T15:24:00.019-07:002022-05-13T10:24:45.454-07:00Our One-of-a Kind Parking Gauge Diagram<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZP8JmYOSSK6syiYMoHLiTcvu6mGPKyKHaL84UkZ2iDmmc8t9VIWO7PiAhUweH8i-2Fq2YtlFEZYaeHkDzVgfOykFk8esioyVAGjuHT5OV3BJya37T1zPJvYRu5Mex8-aaKAhz2CzVcuTt7JqN1hztEOm5jKheOsiavluvHyBhuyUmYTsWVBAMEKAmQ/s918/Just_Visiting_PR_Images_GIF_2022_Magnifier.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZP8JmYOSSK6syiYMoHLiTcvu6mGPKyKHaL84UkZ2iDmmc8t9VIWO7PiAhUweH8i-2Fq2YtlFEZYaeHkDzVgfOykFk8esioyVAGjuHT5OV3BJya37T1zPJvYRu5Mex8-aaKAhz2CzVcuTt7JqN1hztEOm5jKheOsiavluvHyBhuyUmYTsWVBAMEKAmQ/w396-h640/Just_Visiting_PR_Images_GIF_2022_Magnifier.gif" width="396" /></a><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Go to <a href="http://parkken.com">parkken.com</a> for more info on parkken Street and Garage Parking App.<br /></div>TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-90211764950156434702021-08-05T10:07:00.001-07:002022-04-29T16:23:28.043-07:00Alt Side Reform Still a Mystery?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last year, Mayor DiBlasio instituted an "Alternate Side Parking Reform." What this reform meant was explained in a <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/464-20/mayor-de-blasio-alternate-side-parking-reform" target="_blank">press conference</a> where the Reform was defined as applying to "side streets." <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Dept. of Sanitation (</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">DSNY)</span></span>, which is the real maker of the Street Sweeping rules, made its own <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/news/new-asp-rules" target="_blank">announcement</a>. The DSNY posting stated the Reform applies to "residential streets." <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It should be no surprise that the elaborate and complex parking rules of New York City can not be easily modifed by a few carefully worded paragraphs. I had questions. I submitted multiple queries to the DSNY, but their replies have only sent me to the same links or reiterated those same links that raised my first questions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now, they don't even respond to my queries and any record of queries <span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">EC-00250672 or </span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">EC-00296950 has been expunged on the DSNY web site</span>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is query <span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">EC-00296950</span> that the DSNY web site now says never existed in a time that never was:</span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">I
am looking for clarification of the Alt Side Reform announced by the
Mayor and on your DSNY site.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">For
example:</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>I<span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">n the NYCDOT announcement (and in the Mayor’s
press release), we are told “On days when ASP is in effect, residential
"side streets" without meters will not be cleaned more than once
a week on each side.”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">QUESTION 1: There are many Avenues (not
“side streets”) where only Alt Side Parking (ASP) is in effect, but
they are not “side streets.” (1) Does the Alt Side Reform apply
here?</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">QUESTION 2A, 2B and 2C: </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Please see the attached image from the <a href="https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/about/#9.72/40.6818/-73.733" target="_blank">NYC Zoning and Land Use Map</a> for a definition of Commercial and Residential areas. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KvVjJt-0z3wHfzVtcdPEV3xFOScWIZZJfRSLngsTldbVtn935yZo1eP0d1_CBNYMuJLNmnVJ9LQ4pGFcHXOBll2Dw7cB2HVcXYD7y3zJ0ePD0qQYJQplRiIFT-uHR30m1SLbKgxxDiil/s2048/Commercial_Districts.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="2048" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KvVjJt-0z3wHfzVtcdPEV3xFOScWIZZJfRSLngsTldbVtn935yZo1eP0d1_CBNYMuJLNmnVJ9LQ4pGFcHXOBll2Dw7cB2HVcXYD7y3zJ0ePD0qQYJQplRiIFT-uHR30m1SLbKgxxDiil/w400-h221/Commercial_Districts.png" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">There are many Avenue blocks
that are “residential” and “side streets” that appear to be “commercial”
that have ASP rules. <br /> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">(2A) Does the Alt Side Reform apply here? (2B) How are we to tell
what is a “commercial” and what is a “residential” block (or street)? <span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">(2C) </span></span>How
does the Dept of Sanitation (and Ticket Agents) tell what is a “commercial” and
what is a “residential” block (or street)? </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">We know Parking
and Alternate Side Rules extend for the block unless contradicted by other
signs and/or regulations:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>
<span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">QUESTION 3: Your FAQ says
“Non-metered streets that have multiple ASP days will be cleaned” (3) Does
the “Reform” apply to the entire block if there are a just a few meters on one
end or does it ONLY apply to the area of the block with meters? Another way of
asking this is when you refer to “streets” do you consider each block as a unit
or do you look at any smaller “metered areas” as separate?</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">QUESTION
4: How will it be announced if the city decides to revert to the physical signs
posted and not to this “Reform?”</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Thank you for taking the
time to address these specific questions. Your answers will benefit our users
and readers.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>This </span><span><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">EC-00296950 </span>query has not been responded to and according to the DSNY site does not exist in their records.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>The problem is when you or I try to interpret these relaxed rules, we cannot always be sure a Ticket Agent will see it the same way. Then it's pay the fine (and tow) or face the </span><span><span>implacable </span>NYCDOT judges.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>I believe we need a better explanation.<br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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signs redesign that started last year. Slowly the familiar signs are
being replaced by something a little newer, a little cleaner, its look a
little more modern. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Old and the New</td></tr>
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True the old signs are
wearing, and something more closely resembling <i><b>New York Fun World</b></i>, the
ultimate tourist destination is worth the enormous price of orders
generated, raw materials expended, signs manufactured, work crews
dispersed, not to mention the inevitable repairs and fixes, etc, right?
But I personally am not loving this new design enough to justify the
huge expense and if New York really dreams of being a tourist mecca
where pedestrians are safe, traffic is systematically choked off our streets and people
of all nationalities will actually understand our traffic rules, then
why not use a parking signage that is immediately understood across all
languages. Something international and intuitive. Like for a simple
Alternate Side parking Sign:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Read it as a sweep of the hour hand.</td></tr>
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Ok, I admit this is my
design, my solution for simplifying parking rules in a city where
understanding where to park is worse than a word problem. And it works
very well for our <i>parallelspaces.com</i> <b>parking map app</b>, but by itself is
probably not enough. So how about this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Offered at a low low price</td></tr>
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It is
immediately understandable, universal in its appeal and also speaks in
plain English in case you didn’t get it the first time.<br />
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You made it this far. Why not check out a short demo of <a href="http://www.parallelspaces.com/PARKING_SIGN_REdesign.html">new Parking Signs</a>?TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-38835487516153551732021-01-09T17:28:00.000-08:002022-04-26T09:33:02.071-07:00Parking Scofflaws We Hate (a never ending series)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Why can't we just all learn to share?TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-53628368959134323072020-09-21T08:55:00.071-07:002020-11-24T09:52:35.533-08:00Alternate Side Parking During Covid and the parkken app<p></p><h2 align="center"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK30;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK49;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZ-O_iMSG6AI85GcjLF7mdmfGeZh7HQZzN1kLKHDro0O7EGsFXyDv3sENwGkd1AJbwVCEeFY0018tyt7GJW8PyeemadrOY3smR1Zb6hgsCaILYRzTh_3S3MEhtknqp1mDj8nAsh4zkLyQ/s1605/Alt_Side_Parking_MON-THUR_TRIPs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZ-O_iMSG6AI85GcjLF7mdmfGeZh7HQZzN1kLKHDro0O7EGsFXyDv3sENwGkd1AJbwVCEeFY0018tyt7GJW8PyeemadrOY3smR1Zb6hgsCaILYRzTh_3S3MEhtknqp1mDj8nAsh4zkLyQ/w269-h400/Alt_Side_Parking_MON-THUR_TRIPs.png" width="269" /></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK50;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK30;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK49;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK50;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55;"><b>
</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal">On September 18, 2020, Mayor DiBlasio announced Covid-related,
once-a-week street cleaning rules will remain in effect until further notice:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK32"></a><a name="OLE_LINK31"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"> </span></a></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><a name="OLE_LINK58"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK59;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Residential</i>
(side streets) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">without meters will be
cleaned no more than once per week, per side</i>. </span></a></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK58;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK59;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Residential streets that have multiple Alternate
Side Parking “ASP” days on each side will be cleaned – with vehicles required
to be moved – only on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the latest day in
the week</i> on each side, as indicated on each street’s currently posted
signage. </span></span></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK58;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK59;">The posted street sign rules continue to be interpreted in the <em>parkken</em> app. For the relaxed restrictions, please doublecheck signs when you park.<br /></span></span></span></span></li></ul><li><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK58;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK59;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span>Daily sweeping regulations in metered areas will
not change, and the DSNY will continue cleaning streets with posted No
Standing, No Stopping and No Parking regulations as needed.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK58;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK59;">These reforms to Alternate Side Parking (ASP) will
be in place until further notice.</span></span></span></span></li></ul>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK59;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK58;"></span>
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><b>When
do I have to move my car?</b></span></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><a name="OLE_LINK62"></a><a name="OLE_LINK61"></a><a name="OLE_LINK60"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;">For any
residential street with Alternate Side Parking regulations, the regulations
will be in effect only on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the latest day
posted</b> on the sign on each side of the street. Alternate side
parking regulations are indicated by a “Sanitation Broom Symbol” on the street
sign.</span></span></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK60;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"><a name="OLE_LINK66"></a><a name="OLE_LINK65"></a><a name="OLE_LINK52"></a><a name="OLE_LINK51"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK65;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK66;">For
example, as seen in Fig (1) above</span></span></span></a>, if one side of the
street has ASP regulations on Monday <a name="OLE_LINK48"></a><a name="OLE_LINK47"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK48;">from </span></a><a name="OLE_LINK36"></a><a name="OLE_LINK35"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK36;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK48;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47;">11:00am –
12:30pm</span></span></span></a>, that side of the street will continue to be swept
on Monday (the latest day posted) from 11:00am – 12:30pm. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK60;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;">As seen in <a name="OLE_LINK68"></a><a name="OLE_LINK67"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK68;">Fig</span></a>
(2) above, if another side of the street <a name="OLE_LINK38"></a><a name="OLE_LINK37"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK38;">has ASP regulations on </span></a>Thursday
from <a name="OLE_LINK40"></a><a name="OLE_LINK39"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK40;">11:00am – 12:30pm</span></a>, that side of the street will continue
to be swept on Thursday (the latest day posted) at those times.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK60;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;"><a name="OLE_LINK42"></a><a name="OLE_LINK41"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK42;">If, as seen in Fig (3) above, </span></a>one
side of the street has ASP regulations on Monday and Thursday from <a name="OLE_LINK44"></a><a name="OLE_LINK43"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK44;">11:00am
– 12:30pm</span></a>, that side of the street will be <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">swept on Thursday only </i>(the latest day posted) and you only have to
move your car on Thursday. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK60;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK61;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK62;">In
another example, if the ASP sign says one side of the street is cleaned on Tuesdays
and Fridays from 11:00am – 12:30pm, you only have to move your car from that
side of the street on Friday.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><b>Does
this apply to metered areas?</b></span></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;">No. Daily
sweeping in metered areas, including 30-minute parking restrictions Monday
through Saturday in metered areas, <u>will not change</u>. Parking meters
remain in effect.</span></span></p>
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"><b>Does
this affect other parking regulations?</b></span></span></h4>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK32;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK31;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">This
change only affects street sweeping regulations, indicated by the Sanitation
Broom Symbol. This change does not affect No Stopping or No Standing
restrictions, or No Parking areas that do not have the Sanitation Broom Symbol.
These changes do not includes areas with posted restrictions other than ASP
rules.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="OLE_LINK64"></a><a name="OLE_LINK63"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK64;">Since
the Alternate Side Parking Regulation signs have not been altered to reflect
these announced changes, we expect the ASP rules will return to the posted signage
rules once the effects of the pandemic have worn off.</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK64;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK63;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK64;">For further explanation or updates to these
reforms, please go to <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/alternate-side-parking.shtml#reform" target="_blank">NYCDOT</a>.<br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK63;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK64;">Please also look and listen to your local news for
announcements from the Dept of Transportation for any updates of these Covid reforms.</span></span>
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We who park on NYC streets know how to problem solve. To survive we have evolved a keen eyesight and a Water Dowser’s intuition. We can read multiple parking signs at a glance, often correctly. We can measure the distance from a hydrant with RoboCop type accuracy. We have even developed a <a href="http://parallelspaces.com/">Parking Map</a>! Which is why this latest discovery, while sure to put me in the history books, was really just all in a day’s parking.<br />
I was parking my car on Columbus Avenue, routinely switching on my infra-red parking locator (You don't have one of those?), when suddenly I saw something that defied human explanation. A whole lot of parking spaces! Immediately I looked around for the net, the snare, the trap that had been so obviously set, but there was nothing there but... but I don't know how to describe it. That's when I realized I had uncovered the most mind boggling, never-before-seen, alien hieroglyphics ever discovered. (<span style="font-style: italic;">sample above</span>) <br />
So complex that they can only be from another solar system, a<span style="font-style: italic;"> so superior</span> race. At first, the celestial symbols were incomprehensible, but then I saw them for what they are. Erich Von Daniken was right! The Gods can park their Chariots in the Heavens (or maybe they just rent), but these Aliens have descended and challenged us with encrypted messages for the greatest minds of our civilization to unravel, or be fined and towed. I mean these babies make crop circles look like nursery school doodles.<br />
Applying all my parking skill and finding this <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/installsched.shtml">DOT page</a> on the internet have helped me to understand and to slowly readjust to our new human/alien society, but if you, like all of the other people on Columbus who didn’t realize they could park in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">“Floating Parking Lanes”</span> (parking spaces galore!), are haunted by these secret messages, or feel adrift and without moorings so far from the curb, here is a brief, and hopefully accurate, illustration.<br />
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Keep a sharp eye. More coded parking spaces to come.TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-34655896069774759412019-07-25T10:23:00.000-07:002022-04-26T09:33:40.769-07:00More Traffic Cams (the merrier)For those of us who love a sure thing, <i>wunderground.com</i> has consolidated the NY DOT Traffic Cams with those of other citizens or businesses to give a better picture of how traffic is running around the city. It also predicts current weather with incredible accuracy:<br />
<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=10081">http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=10081</a><br />
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Another interface of the same grouping is through weather.com:<br />
<a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/today/New+York+NY+10025:4:US">http://www.weather.com/weather/today/New+York+NY+10025:4:US</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Spring
break is happening right here in New York City and for city car owners that
park on the street it rivals anything happening in Daytona Beach. As can be
seen in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">parkken</i></b> street parking app</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">s Alternate Side Parking
Suspended Days calendar, starting April 8 an array of dates of Jewish and
Christian holidays together form a virtual blockade of street sweeping suspensions
that can give New Yorkers some much needed relief from the daily ritual of
moving their cars from one side of the street to another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">These suspended
or no-sweeping days combine with weekends and the typically no-sweeping
Wednesdays and Saturdays to allow drivers in residential neighborhoods to leave
their car in place for up to 12 days (see calendar below).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A savvy car owner need only park their car on
the 8th in a spot that is legal for Mondays and Thursdays and it will be
legally parked for almost two weeks. That</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">s almost two weeks you
can fly away to Spring Break in Miami or stroll through Central park and leave
your car right where it is. This works for drivers of all denominations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">parkken</i></b>
app translates street parking in Manhattan, but for weary drivers who deserve
more, it likewise includes garage locations and an Alternate Side Suspensions
calendar that every New York car owner</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">s phone should have. The
calendar displays in green those days Alternate Side Parking rules are
suspended for religious or legal holidays which can be very handy especially in
the Spring when major holidays and religious holidays tend to cluster together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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is the thaw many of us long for and nothing thaws a New York car owner like not
having to move their car for Alternate Side Parking. This Spring the line-up of
street sweeping suspended days makes having to move your car for the second and
third week of April almost nonexistent and if you are in a residential
neighborhood and park on the Mon/Thur side (the side of the street that is ordinarily
not swept on Monday or Thursday) you can leave your car for 12 days! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In Spring men and women</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’s fancies turn away from traffic and gas p</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">rices. The New York obsessive compulsion to move parked cars
from one side of the street to the other is soothed. The promise of Spring can melt
even the hearts of ticket agents. Simply park on the Mon/Thur side of the
street by </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">April
8 </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">and you don</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’t have to step on that gas, b</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">urn that exhaust, or leave that parking space on the Mon
side of the street for up to 12 days</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">…
unless you just feel like it</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">! </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tom
Hibbard <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">parallelspaces.com</i>)</span>
</span>who developed the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">parkken</i></b> app says, "The app is to
enable everyone to understand and use Manhattan</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">s bizarre street parking
rules right from their phone, but you always need an Alternate Side Suspensions
calendar handy, so it comes with. There are over 40 Alt Side suspended days
every year.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There will be a similar cluster of Street Parking Suspensions in the
Fall so be on the lookout, but before you leave your car </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">just
remember to check your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">parkken</i></b> app to make sure no other
parking rules come into effect while you</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">re away.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-45039183312291962892015-03-10T19:03:00.001-07:002015-03-12T14:59:39.278-07:00New Snow Record! Car Not Moved on Manhattan Street for 44 days and Survived!Who doesn’t admire a record, a winning streak, a hero? This Winter, in perhaps one of mankind's greatest achievements, two fellow New Yorkers have left his and her car on the south side of the street in the Upper West Side for over 6 weeks and never received a ticket! Thanks to the repeated snow days, frigid days, and one singular, extraordinary, eureka moment of sheer will (or luck), this happy couple, who only use their car for weekend excursions, have been living the dream. Mother Nature and the benevolence of the DOT (uh yeah!) have dealt this carefree couple an Alternate Side Parking leave of absence.<br />
This daring feat got its real momentum with the big Nor'easter on 2/6. Nobody was moving their cars in those days and Sanitation crews were plowing day and night. Alternate Side suspensions ran for days and as much as a week at a time. Then as things started to clear and there was a day or two when Alt Side was in effect, <b>Christine</b> (as the car is now known in Hollywood circles), happened to be on the correct side for that day’s sweeping which, of course, never happened because February’s record cold temperatures froze the snow solid. Then came more storms and more frigid days making the accumulations rock hard and the suspensions inevitable.<br />
Then one amazing day in mid-February, the DOT looked up into the blue sky and, in their infinite wisdom, decided Alt Side rules should be in effect. No matter, those snowplowed snow dunes were frozen fast to the street and too solid to plow. Our heros' doorman confirms that a plow didn’t even show up to try. A sweeper didn’t show to try to slalom up and down them either. It had been decided it was time to get those cars (tickets?) moving again and people started dutifully digging, hacking and dynamiting their cars out. Our two heros’ car was so covered in snow and so encased in ice,<br />
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they decided they wouldn’t be able to get it out and left it. "Let the DOT have their pound of flesh!" or other similar curses were uttered.<br />
Later that morning, the parking troopers relentlessly marched down the street, waved their magic revenue wands over windshields and printed their tickets as if it was a lovely spring day. Miracle of miracles though, our two heros did not get a ticket.<br />
How were the ticketed and unticketed cars chosen? Who knows? Is it fair? Who can say? Is our new mayor afraid of heart attacks? Probably. Does the DOT even have a heart? Just maybe, But thanks to that one fateful day in mid February the all time record string of over 6 weeks without having to move your car on a Manhattan street continued and only just ended today.<br />
<br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-62109547388536263562015-03-01T16:26:00.000-08:002015-03-01T16:28:38.105-08:00Alt Side Is Suspended Tomorrow Mon. (3/2) and I Don’t Have to Move My Car until Next Weekend.Don’t know about you but I love the snow and cold of this Winter. Because the city is so pretty in the fresh snow? Uh, kind of, but mostly because thanks to all the Alternate Side Parking suspensions I only have had to move my car a couple of times for over a month and probably could have gone longer if I hadn’t needed to use it. Now, my car is on the north side of the street (good for Tuesdays and Fridays on the UWS) and Alt Side Parking is suspended Mon (Snow Day) and Thur (Purim) so I do not have to move it or even think about moving it until the weekend. It goes like this.
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<th>Correct Side</th>
<th>Not In Effect</th>
<th>Suspended</th>
<th>Correct Side</th>
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Meanwhile, with more snow on the way, none of us may have to move the car this week, but if you are on the Tue/Fri side you can stop thinking about it right now (at least for this week).
TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-27355301739174815632014-11-15T17:01:00.000-08:002014-11-15T17:01:09.180-08:00Give THANKS for Thursdays or 5-3-5-4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Thanksgiving Alternate Side Parking is suspended for one-day-only. Now everyone knows Thursdays are lucky days, but do you know why? Is it because the weekend is almost here? Is it because it was named after the planet Jupiter, the King of the Gods? Even more impressive than these, it’s because Thursdays that are one-day-only Alternate Side Parking Suspended Days have the longest stretch of days possible without the required moving of your car. I know those of you who have to take your car out every day wince when you hear from us who only take the car out for recreation or for transporting in-laws out of town, but we also pay New York City’s higher registration fees, taxes, inspection and insurance, not to mention suffer the whims of the DOT, the PVB, up the WXYZ. So we have to give thanks when Monday we can move the car to the Tue/Fri side and not think about moving it again until next Mon.<br />
Now some may say “OK, sounds lucky,” but what is the 5-3-5-4 in the title? The combination to your gym locker that you keep forgetting, the latest college football genius defense on show this Thanksgiving weekend, or the rest of that girl’s telephone number that rubbed off? None of these.<br />
It is the results of the <span style="font-style: italic;">parallelspaces.com</span> very sophisticated, very state of the art <i>Best Alternate Side Suspended Days Test Formula Numbers Array</i>! Hey, we take parking pretty seriously. Of course, it’s a little too complicated for those of you without an engineering degree, but I can explain it to you laymen (and laywomen) something like this.<br />
Start with the Mon, Tue, Thur., or Fri (Typical Alternate Side Days) just previous to the single suspended day you want to test. Then count the days until your car will no longer be legally parked. For example, this Thursday Street Sweeping is suspended for Thanksgiving. So once you move the car to the Tue side, you don’t have to move it for Wed (1), Thur (2), Fri (3), Sat (4) and Sun (5). That rates a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thur Only Suspended Day</span> as a <span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tue Only Suspended Days</span> are a <span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fridays</span> a <span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span>. While it’s true <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mondays</span> are also a <span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span>, the tiebreaker is long weekends almost always involve taking the car somewhere. True, just about all of us will take the car somewhere for Thanksgiving, but think last Veterans Day (11/11) and you get my point.<br />
So Thursdays are officially crowned King of the Alternate Side Suspended Days and we thank the King of the Gods for it!<br />
But that’s for single days. What about Alternate Side Suspended combinations? Well if you've been watching you just saw a 16 day stretch in October. Not too shabby.TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-2219728627592346402014-09-24T06:27:00.003-07:002014-09-24T17:10:43.566-07:00Alternate Side Parking Suspended in NYC October 3d to October 19thLadies and Gentlemen, turn off your engines. That’s right. Starting October 3rd through the 19th you can turn off that motor and leave it off for weeks, if you want to. Thanks to a blessed lineup of religious and holiday street sweeping suspensions (even including the major Muslim holiday of Idul-Adha), from October 3rd to the 19th Alternate Side Parking is going into remission. Just park on the Tue side of the street and, in most residential neighborhoods, you won’t have to move that car for street sweeping for up to 16 days. <br />
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Sick and tired of moving your car from side to side for daily street sweeping? Caught by surprise by the end of Summer? Now for the good news: Park on the Tue side of the street by October 3 and you don’t have to step on that gas, burn that exhaust, or leave that parking space on the Tue side of the street for over two weeks… unless you just feel like it!<br />
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Oh, and just to show you we're not kidding. Alternate Side Parking is also suspended tomorrow (Thur) and Friday 9/25-9/26 for the Jewish new year Rosh Hashanah.<br />
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ENJOY!<br />
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<br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-47311771123946154742014-06-05T18:12:00.000-07:002014-08-18T16:21:28.962-07:00Parking Sensors To Show Available Spaces, Huh?<br />
OK, I admit I haven't read very much about this parking sensor program in the Bronx, because honestly, I can't imagine a weirder way to spend taxpayer time and money. But the program has been officially announced on the<a href="http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2013a%2Fpr129-13.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1"> DOT web site</a> and is coming up in the news more, so I suppose I'll have to research the matter someday.<br />
What is this grand experiment of which I speak? Well, once upon a time, along portions of Arthur Avenue and East 187th Street in the Bronx, electronic sensors were installed in the pavement beneath metered parking spaces. These sensors detect when a car has pulled away from its location. When a car leaves, a signal is sent to a receiving station and that signal is represented on a map as a block with a potential parking space. This map is published on the DOT web site for all to see. A Mobile App is soon to follow. And that is how every boy and girl in this city will one day be able to find a parking space. <br />
I don’t know about test audiences in obscure areas of the Bronx, but in the places I park in this wonderful city, parking spaces appear and disappear in a New York Minute. Anyone who has parked extensively in the city will recognize the “Lion” method of parking as dubbed in this<a href="http://www.blog.parallelspaces.com/2010/05/lions-and-crabs-and-sharks-oh-my-in.html"> blog</a> which is to wait on a particular block until a space becomes available. Needless to say, there can be more than one Lion on a block at a particular time and even when a space opens up right in front of you, you don’t always get it, either because of another Lion who anticipated faster or just a lucky <a href="http://www.blog.parallelspaces.com/2010/05/lions-and-crabs-and-sharks-oh-my-in.html">Shark</a> that happened to be cruising at the exact moment a person signaled his car doors to open. So, in most cases, the appearance on a map of a freed parking space, while a truly immaculate event, probably won’t mean much by the time you get there which, of course, will return you to consult the map again to see what other neighborhood blocks have freed up spaces. So you might have to drive around a bit to find a parking space...<br />
Last I heard the New York State legislature (and most other state legislatures as well) has determined that texting while driving increases the likelihood of accidents. That is why in New York State texting, (which requires looking at your mobile phone) while driving is illegal and considered highly dangerous. How will looking at a map on that same phone for an indication of a parking space differ, especially when that parking space will likely be gone by the time you get there?<br />
In fact, it seems like a handy tool like this will make it more likely that more drivers will be converging on a block with an open parking space than would have otherwise. So maybe as more and more people use this service, the wisest (and safest) thing might be to go to blocks that <i>don’t indicate</i> available parking. This is New York. Chances are someone will be leaving eventually and you won’t have to compete with all those other drivers staring into their mobile phones. Plus, I don’t know about you, but parking is competitive enough in this city and won’t even more people than ever consider parking in the city because they see some open spaces on a map and believe that parking is readily available? <br />
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The following excerpts of the DOT announcement set off a few alarms with me. What do you think? <br />
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“The real-time parking map, now available on the Department of Transportation’s website and on Streetline’s Parker smartphone app later this spring, uses state-of-the-art sensors installed last year at no cost to the city in the roadbed”<br />
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Obvious red flag: it's being installed and facilitated by a for-profit company. Make no mistake, certain aspects of this program may be provided by outside interests, but something like this could never be implemented without considerable time and effort by the DOT, their data analysts, traffic managers, permit offices, etc., etc. So what is driving this unusual collaboration? A for-profit company is probably not doing this soley for the public good. Or are they? At least it’s safe to assume the DOT is into this purely for the sake of facilitating easier parking about which Mayor Bloomberg has always been so sympathetic. Don’t you agree?<br />
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“Interested motorists can sign up for the service for free on the PayByPhone website and register their license plate numbers and credit card information on encrypted servers and download the PayByPhone app.”<br />
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Because we know that a database of exactly where your car has been and where your credit cards and smart phones have been used is not information that could be accumulated and disseminated (bought and sold?) or used against you in any way.<br />
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“The app, payment processing and customer service will be provided by PayByPhone, the bidder chosen by the Department of Transportation following a 2011 request for proposals, and the service comes at no taxpayer cost.”<br />
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No cost at all because the start up costs, software development, network server time, encryption and PCI compliance, not to mention the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of a complex, outdoor sensor system , and mapping of this information in some user recognizable format are being donated by the kindness of the for-profit company’s hearts.<br />
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I’m not saying a system like this wouldn’t work in a town like Goshen, New York (pop. 13,687) or that, assuming this map could be part of your onboard navigation system and spaces could be reserved until you got there, and that everyone else using it or not using it would respect the rules of reserved parking, but right now, biased or not, in New York city I still prefer my own <a href="http://www.parallelspaces.com/unregistered.php">parallelspaces Parking Map</a>.<br />
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Whatever their professed promises for this program like ease of parking or simpler mobile paying, you can bet it's about making money: money for private business that are installing and maintaining the sensor and payment systems and more parking revenues for the city from car owners already besieged by high registration and insurance costs, not to mention inflated inspection and repair and wear and tear expenses that all go with having a car in the city.<br />
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just sayin... <br />
<br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-58150611761674024312014-04-11T08:40:00.002-07:002014-04-12T08:43:14.219-07:00Alt Side Parking Oasis Ahead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes! It's that time again when religious observance drives away the many headed NYC Dept of Finance parking <b>Furies</b> to their nether world and we on the surface get to see how the other half of the country lives. We <i>can</i> move them, but maybe we choose not to.<br />
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Thanks to Judeo-Christian traditions we (technically) don't have to move our cars for almost two (2) weeks. <br />
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Our prayers do work! <br />
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<br />TomHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11804939462822340959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185437554219647622.post-33146470823844598272014-01-29T18:42:00.001-08:002014-01-29T18:43:53.962-08:00Parking Scofflaws We Hate (a never ending series)As lamented in this blog before, some parking scofflaws don't add to
the city's coffers one bit and so don't garner the attention of the
armed posses of collection tow truck drivers roaming our streets. But
these drivers do irk many of us more, especially after a half hour of
looking, waiting, roaming, talking to yourself and other long departed
passengers.<br />
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