Uncivil News
- 03/22/07: Debate Over a Web Site About Parking (NY Times)
- 10/04/08: New York Daily News: Brooklyn judges park in Columbus Park
- 09/24/08: Fox 5 Investigates: Suspicious Parking Placards
- 09/19/08: New York Daily News: Cops bust fake parking placard and credentials mill in Brooklyn
- 09/14/08: New York Post: "PARK PERK FOR ELITE SCHOOLS"
- 09/02/08: New York Post: SCHOOLS 'SPACE' STATIONS; RESERVED PARKING GALORE
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51 street and 8 ave, Manhattan. Observed by doggie on Wed, Aug 20 2008
Here's a Pennsylvania vehicle with a 2001 MTA Transit permit for a Manhattanville location that we see in parked an 8th Avenue at 51 Steet loading zone.
Expired MTA PD permit
Avenue B and east 3rd st, Manhattan. Observed by lawandorder on Thu, May 22 2008
Three MTA bus dispatchers who won't take the bus (or subway)
55 fourth ave, Manhattan. Observed by IamEntitled on Tue, Mar 11 2008
En route to and from work today I observed three different locations in Manhattan well-served by public transportation to which MTA bus dispatchers drive their personal vehicles and park illegally. I observed the second one on West 23rd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues as he sweet-talked a traffic agent from writing him a ticket. After she walked away, I mentioned to her it's interesting how these guys work for the bus company but can't bother to take the bus or subway. She giggled. But it really isn't funny that these guys use nothing more than a reflective orange vest or a homemade placard in their front windows and get away with it. Shown here is a dispatcher's car frequently seen at Astor Place, approximately 20 footsteps from the 6 train and 15 paces from several bus lines. Can't the MTA's bus dispatchers utilize the MTA's buses and subways to get to work like the rest of us?
I'm lovin it!
270 eighth ave, Manhattan. Observed by IamEntitled on Sun, Oct 28 2007
MTA parks in the bike lane to get takeout from McDonald's, and is surprised upon his return to see the guy on the bike snap his photo. (Note the guy on the bike who had to steer into traffic around this parked MTA vehicle.) The "BIKE LANE • BIKES ONLY" sign and marked bike lane were of course clearly visible to the offending driver, who summarily ignored it. As plenty of parking spaces were available free of charge on this Sunday morning, such actions make the folks at MTA look like a pack of sloths.
MTA car parked on sidewalk
125th Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan. Observed by kencoughlin on Sun, Jul 01 2007
Car with MTA sticker parked on sidewalk on Park Ave. just north of 125th Street, next to/underneath 125th Street Metro North station.
MTA NYCT Dept of Buses Surface Line Dispatcher
1st Ave and east 14th st, Manhattan. Observed by lawandorder on Wed, Jun 06 2007
There might have been bus dispatching going on, or there might have been coffee purchasing going on. Who knows? This person illegally parked their private car at a hydrant. That we do know.
Red Hook Lane Sidewalk Special 4
Red Hook Ln., Brooklyn. Observed by boerum hill blues on Thu, Apr 19 2007
N.Y.C. METRO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
opposite 69 Prince Street, Manhattan. Observed by fresh on Thu, Mar 15 2007
These are impressive-looking blue permits, nicely laminated with a Staples-quality gold embossed seal of the NYCTA. They are especially great to use when your spouse wants to go shopping in SoHo, as seen here today opposite the A/X Armani Exchange on Prince Street. This block is a favorite for shoppers, particularly for SUVs with ambulette permits from various Hasidic charitable organizations in Brooklyn. I recently accosted one shopper displaying a placard obviously created on her home computer, stating: "That is the fakest permit I ever saw!" Her reply? "Works every time!"









