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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