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77% of permit holders abuse their permits and park illegally, according to a 2006 Transportation Alternatives study

Government workers are twice as likely to commute by car as private-sector workers

If government workers commuted by transit at the same rate as private-sector citizens, there would be 19,200 fewer car trips into manhattan each day

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Word on the Street

"Cars with permits block the hydrants on our block everyday. Once, when we smelled gas in our building and called the fire department, their truck could barely turn our corner because a private car was hugging the crosswalk leaving little room for an emergency vehicle"

- Resident, Lower Manhattan

"Particularly troubling to me are the executive-level employees and former employees who apparently have given themselves the right to turn the city's parks, crosswalks, and bus stops into their own personal parking lots. However important and difficult their jobs may be, they must set a positive example, or abuses by those they supervise are unavoidable."

- Steve, Upper West Side Resident

"A few years ago I went out with a Manhattan physician. He had a permit even though as a surgeon he had no medical emergencies. He double parked/illegally parked all over town when we went out for dinner and drinks. It was very convenient for us, and totally an abuse of the permit!"

- Dinner Date Parker, Soho Manhattan

"If I say cops shouldn't be allowed to drive drunk, does that mean I don't appreciate the job you do? This is about respecting your neighbors. I wouldn't do something selfish to endanger your kids, so please don't do something selfish to endanger mine. That's all I'm saying."

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