No Stopping Anytime?

Observed by Salguod on Tue, Apr 03 2007

This spot next to my favorite illegal sidewalk shed may be marked "no stopping" because DOT is afraid the shed (and building?) will fall on the street at any moment. :-)

(We've been here before, most recently with this guy from the U.S. Parks Police: http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/1002)

Whatever DOT's reason, it's completely undermined by the routine use of this spot by assorted placarded and official vehicles.

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anonymous

Posted on Wed, Apr 04 2007 at 04:44 PM

so I guess nothing has happened since you last posted this. Typical. Oh, that's right, this is not a sprint it's a marathon, and like a marathon it is very boring until the very end.

anonymous

Posted on Wed, Apr 04 2007 at 07:54 PM

wait until the new stadium goes up and there will be a detail of police working there, this will call for a new SEZ around stadium

Salguod

Posted on Thu, Apr 05 2007 at 05:33 AM

1. As discussed many times before, SEZs do not override safety-oriented parking laws, such as no hydrants, no sidewalks, no stopping/standing, no double parking etc.

2. Given the variety of agencies that violate this rule in this spot, it's either not an SEZ or it's one that has been arranged for a very odd combination of completely unrelated city, state and federal agencies.

3. Where there is an "informal SEZ," I think it's less a matter of "too lazy to post signs," but rather "too chicken to actually try to coordinate with other agencies because they might say no, and have a really good reason."

4. As I have also stated before, based in part on feedback we've received on this site, I think it's a mistake to condemn, curse at, or otherwise berate the individual parker. So I don't, and I ask that others don't. They're part of a complex problem that we're addressing on a number of levels. At the same time, this site is now read by a number of people within agencies, and it is important for them to see where things stand "on the ground."

5. Look around at the negative comments that don't get deleted. (Like this one.) They don't call anyone names, make nasty personal comments, insinuate the people are acting in bad faith, etc. See comment #23 here: http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/964

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