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Long gone are the days when parking was a free-for-all. Parking has become a highly regulated industry for many reasons: it creates major revenue for municipalities; there’s a need for equal access for the disabled, accommodations are made for cultural events like concerts or Sunday church; and parking security must be formalized to monitor unauthorized personnel in sensitive places like schools and hospitals.

But our posts about parking regulations do more than just bring you the latest. We aim to give you context, simple breakdowns complicated jargon, and answer your questions. Are you wondering about whether you need to pay for parking if you have a disabled placard? How many accessible spaces businesses must provide for disabled employees or customers? The difference between loading, standing, and stopping? Read, comment, ask.

Signage Differences Make Electric Cars Impossible

Signage Differences Make Electric Cars Impossible

May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012 — The future is here, but it needs signs.  The federally financed EV Project, intended to build infrastructure for the widespread use of electric vehicles, is running into some hiccups — mainly in the form of typography and image.  That is to say, signs. Just a few different signs denoting EV-charging spots. […]

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Not Necessarily a Lost Cause: Matthew Fox Arrested on DUI Charges

Not Necessarily a Lost Cause: Matthew Fox Arrested on DUI Charges

May 8, 2012

A still from “Lost,” in which the pill-popping alcoholic Jack Shephard reads a piece of John Locke’s obituary, on his way to a funeral home.   May 8, 2012 — It seems like fodder for a Lost joke that the man who portrayed alcoholic surgeon Jack Shephard has been arrested in a landlocked city on […]

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Local Business Owners Feel the Impact of Inexplicable No Parking Signs

Local Business Owners Feel the Impact of Inexplicable No Parking Signs

May 4, 2012

Studio City store owners lost significant revenue after these signs were inexplicably posted in early April. Photo by David Crane/Daily News Photographer. May 4, 2012 — Shopowners in Studio City, Los Angeles are furious over a batch of temporary No Parking signs posted by the Department of Water and Power three weeks ago. The signs were posted […]

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Fatal Accident on Bronx River Parkway Destroys Family, Killing Seven Relatives

Fatal Accident on Bronx River Parkway Destroys Family, Killing Seven Relatives

April 30, 2012

Maria Nunez-Gonzalez (second from right) was the driver in the fatal accident. Her daughter, Jocelyn (foreground center), was also killed in the crash. April 30, 2012 — A tragedy on the Bronx River Parkway this past Sunday has shaken many to the core.  The car accident, which killed seven relatives, has prompted public outcry about […]

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UK School District on New Speed Limit: “Twenty is Plenty”

UK School District on New Speed Limit: “Twenty is Plenty”

April 20, 2012

April 20, 2012 — In Newcastle, UK, lawmakers are enforcing a new “Twenty is Plenty” campaign to combat speeding drivers in school zones. St. Chad’s Primary was the first facility of several in the district to install Speed Indication Devices (SIDs) on the streets surrounding the school. SIDs enforce speed limit signs by flashing a […]

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Grammar-Driven Confusion

Grammar-Driven Confusion

April 10, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 – How far would you go to get a refund for being unfairly towed? Mark Vincent, a Park Slope chiropractor, is considering taking his case to the New York State Supreme Court – all because of a poorly worded No Parking sign. A reminder from SmartSign

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New York Introduces Skeletons to Make You Slow Down

New York Introduces Skeletons to Make You Slow Down

April 6, 2012

April 6, 2012 — New York State is introducing, for your driving pleasure, the skeleton-emblazoned digital billboard. For the first time this summer, two lucky New York city streets saw the installation of what the Department of Transportation is calling “skeleton speed boards.”

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Today in Adventuring: The Street Signs of Sioux Falls

Today in Adventuring: The Street Signs of Sioux Falls

March 29, 2012

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, in street signs One intersection in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is screaming for some literary attention. Just off Highway 115 is the intersection pictured above. Ironically enough, the two signs — referring to the two characters in, respectively, The Adventures of Tom Saywer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, who […]

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No Parking Signs: the Ignored, the Faked, and the Compliant

No Parking Signs: the Ignored, the Faked, and the Compliant

March 23, 2012

No Parking signs can be a good way to keep roads clear — but only if they’re used correctly. Below are examples of things you should and shouldn’t do when installing or passing by No Parking signs. Don’t, for example, ignore them. Don’t install private signs that impersonate official signs. And, if you must, a […]

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Dangerous Drivers, Dangerous Roads: Licensing Failures

Dangerous Drivers, Dangerous Roads: Licensing Failures

February 6, 2012

Death is almost universally feared. Many travelers avoid swimming in open waters or flying because they fear death by shark attack or plane crash. Statistics prove that cars and other motor vehicle use may be the most deadly killer apart from disease. An average person has a 1 in 11,500,000 chance of getting attacked by […]

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Is This a Sign of America’s Declining Education?

Is This a Sign of America’s Declining Education?

January 25, 2012

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 […]

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