Enforcement
When handicapped parking is illegal
Denver has taken to towing cars with valid handicapped parking permits, parked in accessible parking spots. Denver’s fine for a handicapped parking violation is now between $100 – $150 dollars. A person using a genuine disability permit can park without paying at a meter for up to four hours (when parking is allowed). Thanks to […]
Scooter parking: the legalities can be bumpy
For motorcycle safety month, we decided to take a look at a tiny but growing niche – scooter parking. Motorized scooters such as Vespas have become an increasingly popular way to get about town. Beyond the sheer fun factor, they offer low fuel costs and a petite frame that provides the convenience of parking where […]
Starved for student parking in Morristown, NJ
Last week New Jersey student Vincent Leahey demonstrated yet again the greater interest American youth are taking in politics. The vice president of Morristown High School’s senior class strode to the mic at a town council hearing to talk about student parking, a subject that has disgruntled Leahey’s classmates. Since the council approved an ordinance […]
Special license plates for NY judges A-OK?
In New York, judges can pay $31.25 extra for license plates that display “SMA,” the acronym for the State Magistrates Association—and there’s nothing wrong with that, wrote the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct in a 14-page report last week. Already one third of roughly 1,200 city and state judges, as well as 1,832 members of […]
D.C. parking permit program (over)due for change
Change can’t come quickly enough for Washington, DC’s parking permit program, Visitor Permit Parking (VPP for short). Although the nation’s capital doesn’t occupy the number one slot in America’s list of cities with the worst traffic, it does make the top ten.
Does CA need to reconsider parking permits for its state parks?
Drive to a state park in California and you probably won’t see park staff. There might not even be an iron ranger, those metal boxes that collect parking permit and camping fees from users. That’s not good. The parking permit fees provide the bulk of parks’ revenue, funding the upkeep and maintenance of the state’s many […]
Smartphone tech: not just for big-city parking
Announcements earlier this month from the nation’s largest city and the more modestly sized Walnut Creek, CA (population 65,211), suggest municipalities of all sizes are getting smarter about their parking meter systems. Bye-bye coins, credit card swipes, parking stickers, and paper receipts… On April 9, the City of New York announced two pilot programs, both […]
UC Berkeley parking squeeze tightens
Nothing may epitomize parking issues in Berkeley, CA better than the single star given the city’s parking enforcement on popular online review site Yelp. The score beats out a similar page for Los Angeles (1.5 stars) but equals the same for the nation’s capital, which also received one star out of a possible five. “Is […]
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