Can Construction Workers Park Where They Want?
This issue is more up the alley of our friends at Streets Blog but we’ll throw it out there anyway. What’s the legal status of construction workers parking their cars on the sidewalk while they perform work on the city’s streets? We’d be pretty surprised if it were okay, but the cop in this picture…
This issue is more up the alley of our friends at Streets Blog but we’ll throw it out there anyway. What’s the legal status of construction workers parking their cars on the sidewalk while they perform work on the city’s streets? We’d be pretty surprised if it were okay, but the cop in this picture of Flushing Avenue certainly doesn’t have a problem with it.
If your local business involves filming on location, and you apply and pay for the proper permits, you can park wherever the permits say you can park. Stupid attempt at argument.
I own a local business and hire local people + caterers etc. So that means I can park anywhere I want?
More to the point, I agree with Anon 12:53. And by the way, film crews DO hire local caterers. And truck rentals. And hotel rooms. And grips, prop stylists, wardrobe people, producers, actors, and directors. They’re also exciting and interesting–personally I still get a kick out of running into Robert DeNiro on the street; just doesn’t get old for me–and are priceless in reinforcing NYC’s pre-eminence among world cities. Also, indeed, they only last a couple of days. Relax, already.
Hey, it’s a bitch to drive in NYC (which, obviously) has some of the best public transit in the world). You probably shouldn’t do it (I, unfortunately, have to), and, as such, if you choose to, quit whinging about how hard it is.
Ha, ha, Auto-Matt. Hilarious and true. You left out one thing: rulers want their peasants barefoot, dependent, AND firmly deluded by the bullshit known as christianity, judaism, islam, or whatever particular god-fantasy applies to the country in question. That’s how you keep the meek quiet and satisfied: convince them they inherit the earth (after they die, of course). Good one! But I digress…
Looking for parking in the city is part and parcel of owning a car in the city. Whether film crews are taking “your” spot or other people who commute to work in the city, its pretty much unfair to blame a commuter for driving to work.
Bullsh*t re doctors – I’ve gotten plenty of tickets – just like everyone else in the hood.
Looking for parking in the city is part and parcel of owning a car in the city. Whether film crews are taking “your” spot or other people who commute to work in the city, its pretty much unfair to blame a commuter for driving to work.
It’s amazing how many people must have grown up without ever having to be in the slighted way inconvenienced by anything. I’m sure if the sun is beating down on you too hard, you tell it to stop.
Film companies bring a lot of money to the city. Maybe that money doesn’t go directly into your pocket, but it is there none the less, and is a valuable industry in a city that is losing industries by the day. They are there for a few days, get over it.
The city does not want you to own or drive a car.
It is basic Poitics that goes back to the Bronze Age, certainly to the Roman Empire.
Rulers want their peasants barefoot and totally dependent on their largesse.
You also do not want the peasants creating too much traffic because it can really slow down your entourage.
everyone from the NY Times editorial board to the Brooiklyn Heights Association wants the peasants to lose their cars. I think they miss the good ol’days when only the very rich could afford their Packers and their Lincolns. Everybody else took the bus, or better yet, stayed home.