September 2, 2006
Parking Sign Saga Gets the DOT Reverse
Remember yesterday's story about the DUMBO man whose car was ticketed and towed on a street where a "No Parking" sign magically appeared? And the Department of Transportation said that parking was allowed on that stretch of Front Street, so they would help David Bourgeois get his ticket dismissed? Well, now the DOT tells the Daily News that the agency DID put up the sign and therefore, Bourgeois will have to pay the ticket and tow fee - a total of $265! Apparently Front Street between Washington and Main Street used to have a "No Parking" sign, but it disappaered a few months ago. And it seems like NYC drivers, being NYC drivers, took advantage of this and parked to their heart's content. Then the sign came back, and boom - the law stepped in.
The Daily News says that the "DOT will be surveying streets in the neighborhood Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass to see whether any parking restrictions can be eased." Bourgeois is still pissed off, though, saying he's going to fight the ticket. Now we wonder if it was all an elaborate plot against Bourgeois - dude, think about who your enemies might be.
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Proletariat is laughing his ass off right now.
There are absolutely ways to fight this ticket & tow.
We publish books & ebooks entitled "The Feder Guide to Where to Park Your Car in Manhattan (and Where Not to Park It!)". The Downtown Edition covers 30th Street - Battery Park while the Midtown/Uptown Edition covers 30th Street - 124th Street. Both books provide readers with comprehensive street parking regulations for every street in the areas they encompass and together they have information on over 450 parking facilities including their locations, hours of operation, contact information and rates. The Feder Guides also go into detail about how to fight tickets that were unfairly issued and this case sounds like a prefect example. Many people would be shocked by how many tickets are improperly issued or just flat out bogus. The City makes a lot of money from parking ticket revenue (over $575 million in 2005) and they know that a large percentage of drivers won't bother to fight. Mr. Bourgeois definitely should.
Erik Feder
"The NYC Parking Expert"
www.WhereToParkmanhattan.com
There are absolutely ways to fight this ticket & tow.
We publish books & ebooks entitled "The Feder Guide to Where to Park Your Car in Manhattan (and Where Not to Park It!)". The Downtown Edition covers 30th Street - Battery Park while the Midtown/Uptown Edition covers 30th Street - 124th Street. Both books provide readers with comprehensive street parking regulations for every street in the areas they encompass and together they have information on over 450 parking facilities including their locations, hours of operation, contact information and rates. The Feder Guides also go into detail about how to fight tickets that were unfairly issued and this case sounds like a prefect example. Many people would be shocked by how many tickets are improperly issued or just flat out bogus. The City makes a lot of money from parking ticket revenue (over $575 million in 2005) and they know that a large percentage of drivers won't bother to fight. Mr. Bourgeois definitely should.
Erik Feder
"The NYC Parking Expert"
www.WhereToParkmanhattan.com
I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
I haven't been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can't be bothered with anything these days.