Parking In NYC

Saima Ahmed Vincent Buscemi

Bryan FoxRezaul Hazmin

Nari KyakShetal Patel

Albert RodriguezErkan Savluk

A Little Info on Parking A Little Info on Parking & Parking Tickets& Parking Tickets•10, 114 Parking Meters in

Manhattan and Queens

•Traffic Division is becoming stricter

•Meter Tickets below 96th St are generally $65

•Other Areas average $35

Problems with Parking in NYC

• Time Consuming• Confusing Signs• Dangerous• Unsatisfactory Parking Meters• Uncompromising & Unseasoned Meter

Maids• Illegible Tickets • Impossible to Overturn in Court

Time Consuming

•Never seems to be enough parking

•Can drive around for hours

•No guarantee of finding a spot at all

Confusing Signs• Too much

information to absorb

• Conflicting rules based on days and times of day

• Arrows seemingly pointing every which way.

Dangerous• Due to the

confusion, many people slow down to see if a spot is legal

• Pay attention more to signs and spots than the driving

• Leads to many traffic accidents

Unsatisfactory Parking Meters

•Many broken meters

•Many meters do not keep correct time

•Meters begin at inconvenient times

Unsatisfactory Parking Meters

continued…• Many meters have 2 hour increments causing people to return to their car prematurely

• Muni-meters cause a gap between parking and having the receipt to be parked legally

Uncompromising & Unseasoned Meter

Maids• Quotas force the meter maids to write tickets they might not write without quotas

• Some meter maids are very unprofessional

• Parking cops are usually the newer officers

Illegible TicketsIllegible Tickets• Tickets are

sometimes impossible to read

• Pencil Smudges

• Police Writing is Illegible

• Cannot decipher the price of the ticket

Impossible to Overturn in Court

• Parking Tickets cost a great deal of money and surcharges are even more

• If a parking ticket is brought to court, the judge is completely uninterested in hearing your side, completely disregarding what may be a different truth

Current Solution Current Solution Brought Forth By NYCBrought Forth By NYC

• Muni-Meters– One per block– Pay and get ticket– Walk back to car and

display ticket in windshield

– Time consuming – Some have gotten

tickets while walking between car and meter

Possible SolutionsPossible Solutionsfor Unsatisfactory for Unsatisfactory

MetersMeters• Scotland and England have implemented Solar Power Meters

• These Meters accept:– Credit Cards– Debit Cards– Cash– Charge Via Mobile

Phone

Possible SolutionsPossible Solutionsfor Unsatisfactory for Unsatisfactory

MetersMeters• Solar Meters continued…– Register by phone or

on computer once– Call a central number

to say where you are parked

– Meter charged to credit card or debit card

– Receive text message reminder of when time is up

Possible Solution for Possible Solution for Illegible TicketsIllegible Tickets

•Carry Around Palm Pilot with Printer

•Easier to Read•Easier to File &

Keep Records for individual and City

Correlation to Correlation to Christian EthicsChristian Ethics

• Many of these traffic problems lead to dishonesty

• Meter Maid’s quotas lead to unwarranted tickets

• Ticket recipients will do or say anything to get out of paying