Believe it or not, parking’s effects are as far-reaching as any important policy. A community’s parking options shape its culture, economics, and environment. It’s a dynamic and complicated topic: parking can reflect (or even spark) a neighborhood’s gentrifying tensions. It can empower or hamper under-served communities, like the disabled or elderly; it can create or take away billions of dollars in revenue. Parking effects pollution, safety, wealth, and, of course, accessibility. At MyParkingSign, we monitor and report the latest happenings in parking, be they bureaucratic, like increasing fines, technological, like a parking new app, or instructional, like how to manage parking legally and efficiently.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, with Signs and Love
ParkingSigns.net and our affiliate, MySafetySign.com, would like to wish our readers all over the web a Happy Valentine’s Day. In the spirit of the holiday, we have a new line of Valentine’s Day and holiday signs available for purchase at MySafetySign.com.
Is This a Sign of America’s Declining Education?
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 – The United States spends more than any other industrial country in the world on education, but trails in student scoresin reading, math, and science. As these haunting statistics reveal inherent flaws in the education system, educators around the nation advocate for reform and change — though apparently they don’t always […]
MyParkingSign.com Helps Schools Crack Down on Texting and Driving
Could txting n drving b worse thn drnking n drving? Most everyone knows that drinking while driving is extremely dangerous, but today, the safety of our roadways faces perhaps an even greater threat: texting while driving. The U.S. government has already initiated a crackdown on texting and driving under the broader banner of “distracted driving,” […]
Artist Transforms Parking Signs into Charitable Contributions
Messages such as “Forward Only: No Turning Back” are powerful motivators for change. Online sign distributor MyParkingSign.com collaborated with acclaimed New England artist Boris Bally to design and donate 29 signs for a major fundraiser. Bally is known for turning products such as recycled signs into usable and attractive art. The event was held on […]
Kentucky Amish Men Imprisoned for Not Displaying Slow Moving Vehicle Signs
Who would have thought that sign placement on a carriage would be a hot-button issue in the national media and raise the issue of religious practices? On September 15th, 2011, nine Amish men in the state of Kentucky were sentenced to jail for not placing signs on their horse-drawn buggies and violating state law. The […]
GHSA Study Findings on Distracted Driving
Negligence on the road is not only taking your hands off the steering wheel but also being unaware or careless about potentially harmful outcomes. GHSA defines Distracted Driving as any non driving activity a person engages in which distracts the person from the primary focus of driving and increases the risk of crash. Distracted driving […]
States Come Forward to Put a Stop to Drunken Driving
Drunken driving has been an unswerving menace on the roads, taking over 11000 lives in the past year, more than any other occurrence. While driving with alcohol can prove fatal to the driver, it poses serious danger to other vehicles and pedestrians too. To curb drunken driving and prevent misfortune, especially during the Labor Day […]
QR Codes being added to Pay-by-Cell Parking Meters in Montgomery
Montgomery County Department of Transportation is adding QR Codes (Quick Response) to its parking meters. A new advent in parking technology, these QR Codes on the meters will help identify the parking space numbers. After the successful adoption of pay-by-cell technology, that is reported to already have more than 163,000 transactions this year, the initiation […]
New Cost-Saving Fuel Efficient Standards launched for Heavy Duty Trucks & Buses
“While we were working to improve the efficiency of cars and light-duty trucks, something interesting happened. We started getting letters asking that we do the same for medium and heavy-duty trucks. They were from the people who build, buy, and drive these trucks. And today, I’m proud to have the support of these companies as […]
No Parking Signs Help in Keeping Your City Clean!
Now we are sure that Parking Signs don’t just come handy in maintaining traffic, improving safety and reducing chaos. They can also be significant in helping to keep a city clean in an efficient manner. According to NJ.com, Salem City had enforced new parking rules by installing custom parking signs to display the new no […]
Absence of No Parking Signs Create Confusion
Cities use assorted parking signs to provide information about when and how long a vehicle may park in a designated area. Parking is regulated to provide for the safe flow of traffic, providing access for handicapped persons, emergency vehicles and avoiding property damage. In usual scenario, parking on the grass, along roadways, drives, curbs, sidewalks […]