The Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) of San Francisco has voted to ban overnight RV parking on some street sections. Although the official reason behind the ban has not yet been disclosed, many suspect that it targets the homeless community living in RVs and other oversized vehicles. Others suggest that the explanation is simply that the …
FedEx and UPS acquired an astonishing debt of $2.8 million in New York City parking tickets within the first three months of 2013. This year, NYC has set itself a target of collecting $550 million in parking fines. Typically, commercial delivery companies contribute a large chunk of that change. According to Digital Journal, the city had …
For almost thirty years, municipal authorities in a west-end Montreal borough Côte-des-Neiges-Notre—Dame-de-Grace have accommodated the Jewish holiday of Shauvot. During this time, they remove parking restrictions so that Jews observing the festival do not have to move their vehicles. Now, for the first time, Quebec Citizenship Minister Bernard Drainville has opposed this tradition. CBC News …
Some New York City residents get aggressive about saving their parking spot, painting curbs yellow or scrawling messages like “24 Hour No Parking” in spray paint to prevent others from parking. Although street painting like this is considered illegal defacement, many still risk it, reasoning that other drivers and law enforcement officials will not realize …
Councils in South England are trying to recover more than £500,000 in parking fines owed by overseas drivers since 2009. Of this staggering amount, Oxfordshire has the lion’s share of £358,290 in unpaid fines. Portsmouth City Council is looking at recovering its fines (£143,666) through external contractor Euro Parking Council (EPC). (Report: BBC) Michael Robinson, …
How accessible is New York? John Robinson’s story sheds some light: John Robinson is 3’9” tall. Earlier this month, he was issued a parking ticket outside a restaurant in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Robinson, visiting New York City as a tourist, had parked on the street since there was no disabled parking space available. …
Some US cities may start building residential complexes with fewer apartment parking spaces or none at all. OPB reports that in the last couple of years in Portland, of 40 proposed apartment building projects, “25 offer no parking.” In Boston, architect Sebastian Mariscal’s market research indicated that 45 percent of the renters in five census …
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 …
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, …
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 …
By Nicola Segal Parking permits give us permission to park in designated areas that are usually off limits. Permits range from disabled parking permits to faculty and staff permits depending on location. Parking permits can help save you time and increase a lot’s security; still, there are still some common do’s and don’ts to keep in …