On June 22nd, next Wednesday, the City Council Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on several parking enforcement bills, including Intro. 465, the Authentic Placards Act.

This bill, authored by Dan Garodnick and cosponsored by the majority of his colleagues on the Council, will reduce abuse of legal placards and the use of bogus placards by requiring all official placards to feature a bar code. Traffic enforcement agents already carry bar code scanners, and will be able to use these scanners to instantly determine a placard's authenticity.

This may be our best opportunity to win on this issue in years.

You can help! Come out to the hearing next Wednesday at 10 a.m. to speak to the issue of illegal placards and in support of Councilman Garodnick's bill. If you can't make it, please consider writing to the Chair of the Transportation Committee and your local Councilmember and let them know what you think about this problem.

Link to Intro 465: http://bit.ly/kknxI4
Details on the hearing: http://bit.ly/luzpPx
Councilman Garodnick: http://bit.ly/jzZjCS
Transportation Chair Vacca: http://bit.ly/mNKBAZ
Find your Councilmember: http://bit.ly/2mkI0P