Gothamist: NYC Parking Tickets Booming Under Bloomberg

TEDDYR

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:36:05 -0500

I don't have a problem with the City enforcing laws. However, when the DOTs ticket your car when the time stated on the sign has not met, then they are being overzealous. Of course this is a revenue based system, so is moving violations. Did you ever think why the City Department of Finance deals with tickets and not some legal department, its because its all about revenue. One thing I wish Bloomberg would go after are cabs - who always speed up when the light turns red - and also the rickshaw cabs. The rickshaw cabs should be taken off the City streets. They don't follow the rules of the road and most time slow down the flow of traffic.

westernqueensland

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:07:34 -0500

The city should charge for on-street parking cost at the rate that the city pays for it, not $0.50 an hour.

inoyourider

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:59:17 -0500

#16 I prefer traffic agents. At least they're doing SOMETHING for the city.

Leon Freilich

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:33:20 -0500

A FISCAL HERO OF THE STREETS With city coffers fast depleting, We need an expert in repleting, A hero to summon up a stash, A sorely needed stack of cash. And just in time, we've found the fellow, So let's all give a cheery hello! In just one shift, Andre Strothers Exceeded Brownie sisters and brothers In bringing in a record sum, A bonus for the city, a plum: Eleven thousand lovely bucks, All off the backs of cars and trucks, Achieved by writing over two hundred Tickets for drivers who have blundered. For Strothers' job, his occupation, Is adding lucrative decoration To any vehicle that's marked For punishment, it being parked Illegally--a no-no for owners Who unwittingly become donors To New York's cash-strapped treasury, A profitable path (most deem unsavory). And what makes Strothers king of the mound? He wields the fastest pen around. So Traffic Agent Supreme, which you are, I salute you. Just stay away from my car.

Mr Mel

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:00:03 -0500

"It is a sneaky form of taxation." No it isn't. A ticket is the alternative to arrest. It is the State Lotteries and scratch off cards that are sneaky form of taxation, mainly on the poor.

The Edge

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:35:14 -0500

I wish they'd ticket all the cyclists who plow through red lights and all the douches who jaywalk across fast moving traffic. And why is it that it's always the cyclists who bitch and moan the most? It's like another streetsblog circlejerk here these days.

Rose Fox

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:19:34 -0500

I wish they'd send a truckload of meter maids up to Inwood to ticket all the assholes who double-park in the bike lanes.

NannyState

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:15:28 -0500

Having a car in Manhattan is crazy but obviously enough people think it's worth it. Carry on...

rdc

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:26:35 -0500

I prefer welfare recipients to traffic cops - at least those other parasites aren't actively collecting extra money for the government.

jimbobklyn

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:10:33 -0500

"faggy scooter riders?"

mocanlagunas

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:54:31 -0500

good! ticket the hell out of every asshole driving in the city. I almost got run over twice today...

inoyourider

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:33:45 -0500

The rules are posted. The city is in financial dire straits. Why shouldn't rule-breakers be the first to ante up?

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:06:36 -0500

it's also a tax on the blind and illiterate. people who can't see or read signs. the people I know, oK relatives, who got a ticket today were too lazy to get up to move their car. they got ticketed, like clockwork, every Fri after thanksgiving. now they just visit without driving.

theevilone

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:42:51 -0500

It's a tax on people who can't follow directions. I'm fine with that.

rcltrh

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:49:15 -0500

Think of how much more we could generate if other traffic cops would ticket the traffic cops. They are the worst violators of double parking, fire lane parking, no standing, no parking, etc - and half the time - ok 80% of the time - they are in the donut shop, gabbing with shoppers, etc.

thefacts

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:43:46 -0500

When are they going to start ticketing (or confiscating/padlocking) bikes for parking their private property on the sidewalks for hours,days, weeks on end? My closet is crowded. Maybe I'll put my extra belongings in a foot locker, chain it to a street sign next to the bikes, and see if I get away with free rent like the cyclists do.

murphguide

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:29:55 -0500

Almost 10 million tickets in 1 year? It is out of hand, but what city could turn their back on that kind of revenue? It is a sneaky form of taxation.

UnrepentantFenian

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:21:14 -0500

Don't be surprised when bicyclists start getting banged out for not using hand signals or riding counter-flow. Mikey "you'll never get rid of me" Bloomberg is going to milk us all dry.

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:14:45 -0500

I've also heard the cops are busting those faggy scooter riders, too. I've never heard them do that before but I guess the city will squeeze every penny out of ya. now you all stay straight.

UnrepentantFenian

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:11:20 -0500

I would rather my child grow up to sling rock than be a meter maid. At least a pusher offers a valuable service. These meter maids fuck people over for a living. This is revenue generation at its lowest. The speed cameras are coming soon.

Kojak

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:09:09 -0500

I agree wooden to an extent. Sometimes traffic laws are so ridiculous in their complexity that people will inevitably fall into the trap and get ticketed regardless of how careful they are. One more reason not to have a car in this city.

Billiamsburg

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:04:51 -0500

Cool! Give 'em hell Bloomie! Tax their SUVs and revoke licenses for blocking the box. Execute hit and run drivers. Drunk drivers should have their eyes plucked out. Make it happen Blooms! We support you!

woodendesigner

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:48:26 -0500

You know what.... the rules are posted and everyone has to deal with it. If you can't keep track of your car then maybe you should not have one. I get about one ticket a year because I forget and I pay it right away. The rest of the time I deal with alternate side, meters, and whatever else I have to. If this ticketing was not done then the streets would be a nightmare. Now if only they could get the moving violations ticketed more I would be happy. Lots of shitty drivers out there. Why not use the money to close the budget gap.

Splicer

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:38:24 -0500

"Every day, you go out there naked—without a gun—in the back of your mind is, ‘Is this my day?'" God willing. The outrage should also extend to those freelance tow companies that trawl along streets looking for ticketed cars and then promptly tow them away. There's no stopping them because the get their fee even if the car was wrongfully towed. Don't hurt the agents, hurt the tow drivers.