Within the last month, my beloved and I had to make business stops in lower Manhattan. She has a car and, for various reasons, it was easier for us to to drive there than take public transportation. Both times, trying to park there was, in a word, hell. The first time we parked there, we literally had to run in and out of a place but that wasn't enough time for us to avoid a ticket. The second time, after spending nearly 20 minutes looking for a spot, we had to shell out for a parking spot.
As this article in today's New York Times indicates, it's basically impossible to park in lower Manhattan without either going to an expensive parking garage or risking a ticket. And the reason? Well, as the article indicates, it has to do with all of the government-issued placards (many issued for dubious reasons, others outright frauds) that basically make it impossible for anyone else to park there. Needless to say, this is wrong. People have business to do in lower Manhattan and shouldn't be shut out of parking places. Fortunately it looks like the city is doing something about this. Let's hope it works.
As this article in today's New York Times indicates, it's basically impossible to park in lower Manhattan without either going to an expensive parking garage or risking a ticket. And the reason? Well, as the article indicates, it has to do with all of the government-issued placards (many issued for dubious reasons, others outright frauds) that basically make it impossible for anyone else to park there. Needless to say, this is wrong. People have business to do in lower Manhattan and shouldn't be shut out of parking places. Fortunately it looks like the city is doing something about this. Let's hope it works.
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