As I diligently moved my car this morning since there was street cleaning from 800-930 am, I noticed a TON of cars that didn’t move, including where I was parked, any in many, many streets, it appears people completely ignore the street cleaning. Didn’t see parking authority giving tickets either. What gives? Are people just taking a chance that they won’t get a ticket? Are they “lurking “ nearby... [more]
As I diligently moved my car this morning since there was street cleaning from 800-930 am, I noticed a TON of cars that didn’t move, including where I was parked, any in many, many streets, it appears people completely ignore the street cleaning. Didn’t see parking authority giving tickets either. What gives? Are people just taking a chance that they won’t get a ticket? Are they “lurking “ nearby so that when they see a parking authority officer nearby, they quickly jump into their car to move it? I totally get that the street done get cleaned all the time, but if cars just don’t move, isn’t the city missing a major way to get revenue? When I lived in San Francisco, if you didn’t move your car during street cleaning, it was almost 100% guaranteed you would get a ticket. On a related note, does the city keep track of parking tickets and boot or tow cars that have accumulated too many, even if paid off? It seems to me, if you get 1 parking ticket per week and just pay it off, it’s still cheaper than renting a garage space
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Response by steve123
over 2 years ago
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Welcome to NYC. Poor enforcement and compliance with laws? Casual disregard? Government leaving money on the table? Inconvenience and feeling like a sucker for actually obeying the law? Yes.
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Response by front_porch
over 2 years ago
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We move our car with regularity, but the cost of a ticket (which they will issue; we have gotten one) is $65, which is not a lot compared to the cost of garaging, so I imagine other people are running those numbers and thinking hey, I'll chance it.
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Response by Aaron2
over 2 years ago
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Oh for the days when there was somebody who lived on the street and was home on street cleaning day who would move their and their neighbor's cars. I was years in Park Slope, and the retired guy 4 doors down from me would move several cars for people (double parking them on the other side of the street) during street cleaning hours on the appointed day. (1x/week, at the time, so it was easier to manage).
Agree with steve -- another example of NYC leaving money on the table, and giving away precious public space to car owners.
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Response by steve123
over 2 years ago
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The parking tickets are a joke next to the cost of Manhattan parking.
Even BK parking costs more than collecting a weekly parking ticket.
Not sure if it's a post-COVID thing or a BK/WB thing but there's almost zero compliance with alternate side parking here.
UWS they at least did the fully compliant double parking wait in car shimmy (another conversation about the time & RE rich having flexible enough schedules to move their luxury car in&out of free parking space)..
Same outcome - people using curbside as free car storage.
One guy in my building even parks into the crosswalk and the ticket costs clearly aren't deterring.
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Response by George
over 2 years ago
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I know a guy who stopping paying $1000 mo for parking and left his car on the street. I looked up its tickets on "how's my driving" and they average 1 or 2 a month. $130 beats $1000 any day
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Welcome to NYC. Poor enforcement and compliance with laws? Casual disregard? Government leaving money on the table? Inconvenience and feeling like a sucker for actually obeying the law? Yes.
We move our car with regularity, but the cost of a ticket (which they will issue; we have gotten one) is $65, which is not a lot compared to the cost of garaging, so I imagine other people are running those numbers and thinking hey, I'll chance it.
Oh for the days when there was somebody who lived on the street and was home on street cleaning day who would move their and their neighbor's cars. I was years in Park Slope, and the retired guy 4 doors down from me would move several cars for people (double parking them on the other side of the street) during street cleaning hours on the appointed day. (1x/week, at the time, so it was easier to manage).
Agree with steve -- another example of NYC leaving money on the table, and giving away precious public space to car owners.
The parking tickets are a joke next to the cost of Manhattan parking.
Even BK parking costs more than collecting a weekly parking ticket.
Not sure if it's a post-COVID thing or a BK/WB thing but there's almost zero compliance with alternate side parking here.
UWS they at least did the fully compliant double parking wait in car shimmy (another conversation about the time & RE rich having flexible enough schedules to move their luxury car in&out of free parking space)..
Same outcome - people using curbside as free car storage.
One guy in my building even parks into the crosswalk and the ticket costs clearly aren't deterring.
I know a guy who stopping paying $1000 mo for parking and left his car on the street. I looked up its tickets on "how's my driving" and they average 1 or 2 a month. $130 beats $1000 any day