You’ve been driving your hooptie for years. It’s an ’85 Buick, rusted and broken-down; it guzzles gas, needs constant maintenance, and everyone who gets in the passenger seat whines about the indignity. You’d probably have to pay a teenager to take it off your hands. One day, a friendly stranger wearing an Italian suit and …
Chris Hoogewerff is an entrepreneur and product manager at QuickPay, an interactive pay-for-parking app. Savvy drivers know that paying for parking is becoming less about scouring the street for empty meters and more about scanning your smart phone. And why not? Your phone, after all, can house apps like QuickPay, that give you access to real-time …
It is generally an offense to park your vehicle in the middle of the road, in a park, on sidewalks or in handicap zone (without a valid placard). All these may amount to a parking ticket. The repercussions can be seriously inconvenient, consisting of paying a fine or even a suspension of driving license if, …
A 65-year old tradition came to an end this month when San Francisco announced that parking will no longer be free on Sundays and public holidays. As of February 2 2013, meters began charging drivers from Sunday at noon until 6pm. However, this initiative is not remarkable; it follows similar regulations enforced in Los Angeles, …
We here at the MyParkingSign.com blog spend half our time carping about parking in other cities, so it’s time for us to take a closer look around us here in Brooklyn – particularly since the Department of City Planning just passed a 2012 proposal to lower parking minimums for new buildings in the area surrounding our …
Traffic posts have to maintain a precarious balance: strong enough to withstand high winds and the elements, but pliant enough to protect people in impacts. New Flex Bollards balance these needs with 360 degrees of flexibility in every direction. This rebound technology helps prevent damage to roads and parking lots, minimizing a business owner’s costs, and simultaneously …
We see countless stories where non-disabled (and thoughtless) citizens take up valuable disabled parking spaces. Handicapped parking fraud is the bane of every municipality with the best intentions but limited enforcement resources. It’s much rarer to read about the city being misleading or downright fraudulent when it comes to parking, but it does happen from …