Showing posts with label parking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parking. Show all posts
Friday, April 24, 2026
Thursday, January 01, 2026
the people have spoken before, and made it clear. We won't put up with higher taxes, and higher charges. Robin Hood showed us the way, destroy the machines and make it too damn expensive for cites to high tech us to poverty. Boston tea party San Diego edition
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=robin+hood if you weren't reading the blog back when the New Hampshire Robin Hood parking meter news was posted
These meters are $2.50 an hour for a maximum stay of up to four hours, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily.
This even screws over all the residents in that area... yeah, there are thousands of people in the area that don't have garages to park in, and must park on the streets. That's about 11k a year
Of course, lets not forget, they are living in multi-million dollar houses, and can move. These are people driving Benz and Porsches
Oh, and all the cost hikes, and new taxes, and etc etc are because the City burned through cash like lighting it on fire in a gasoline and oxygen tank pit would cure cancer. I've posted about the 12 dollars an hour downtown parking fees now, around the area where people park to get to the downtown ball park for baseball or concerts
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
intriguing parking lot, the Citroën showroom, Marbeuf in Paris, built in 1929, 5 levels high, demolished in 1952 (thank you Robert M!)
Electric kids car
If you wonder just what was all the hub bub was about, well, Paris in the 1920s was having a grand time, and Citroen even had a 1/4 million light bulbs installed on the Eiffel tower for advertising in 1925
But, due to the stock market collapse, and a LOT of competition from other French car makers, in 1934 Citroën went bankrupt.
Not just because of the financial crisis but also because of Citroën’s rivalry with Renault and the lengthy and costly development of the Traction Avant that had crippled the company and arguably also its boss. Fortunately, Michelin stepped in and saved the company.
Monday, December 22, 2025
Sunday, December 14, 2025
there is a Carl in LA who has made it his mission to stop people from using the orange cones and pylons to reserve public street parking along Los Angeles' busy roads. This desperate for attention seeker, is going to get shot.
Morales turned into a vigilante parking enforcement officer after struggling to find street parking himself.
"A lot of people would say it's a Karen move," Morales said. "It is, but at the end of the day, you can't pick up a public parking spot and assume that because it's in front of your house, it belongs to you."
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Aurora’s three-strike rule is pulling illegal vehicles off the streets at record levels.
From Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, Aurora Colorado police say 1,257 vehicles have been impounded under the city’s three-strike rule.
Officers say about 80% to 85% of those cars are returned to the owner after they provide proof of a valid license, registration and insurance.
For drivers who don’t claim their vehicles within the 30- to 45-day window, their vehicles are added to Aurora’s public auction. They run about every six weeks
Officers say the three-strike program is just one part of a larger effort to get illegal vehicles off the road.
Officers say the three-strike program is just one part of a larger effort to get illegal vehicles off the road.
This year alone, about 6,700 summonses have been issued for registration violations, up nearly 4,000 in 2024, showing a steady increase in enforcement.
A man in South London received four parking tickets, when a contractor painted a disabled bay around his legally parked car while he was away on holiday.
The disabled bay was put in place in response to a request from a resident.
While the owner agrees the disabled bay itself is important, he criticized the council's lack of notification before its creation, saying: "It's the same as doing an extension or any other road work - you let people know."
The video shows the contractor photographing the car after the painting is complete to alert the council not to issue a fine.
However, a parking attendant later placed tickets on the vehicle on separate days, as she was not made aware of the situation.
The car owner added that he had never had direct confirmation from the council that the PCNs in relation to the new bay were cancelled.
Croydon Council "apologized for the confusion" and confirmed that "the tickets were cancelled a week before the video was uploaded to social media".
https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dzqpyqegeo.amp
https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dzqpyqegeo.amp
is a corrupt cop breaking the law, one bad apple? Inept? Unable to comprehend how to write a parking ticket, and NOT LIE about it (when the event was video recorded??) Or a result of what's going on in the city, where they're trying to make up this $250 million budget.
A viral video is shining the spotlight on what some drivers worry could be a troubling problem with the city of San Diego’s Parking Enforcement tactics.
A San Diego-area couple says a parking enforcement officer gave them what they’re calling a fraudulent ticket before their meter expired.“I’ve been wondering, and what I would like to uncover is what sort of pressures would the city or the department be placing on these individuals to where they would feel the need to falsify evidence like that to generate these citations," Donald Pearce said.
Sunday, December 07, 2025
Finally, some cops remember they actually can do something the rest of society appreciates... bust the people parking illegally in handicap spots. There is not enough of this enforcement!
Mt Dora Police carried out a handicap placard enforcement operation at Walmart and Target, to protect accessible parking for those in need.
During the two-day operation, officers police conducted more than 80 traffic stops, and recovered over 30 handicap placards that were being used illegally
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Friday, November 28, 2025
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions
For years, hundreds of car owners had their driver’s licenses suspended in Lorain Ohio for minor tickets like parking too far from a curb.
While most large Ohio cities issue only token fines, in recent years, Lorain Municipal Court judges ordered almost 600 license suspensions from parking tickets, according to court records. That’s on top of the fines that can range from $50 to $100.
Now, Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley has paused the ticket-writing practice, and a municipal court judge began dismissing cases on Tuesday.
In Lorain, the city allowed auxiliary officers — who don’t hold police powers — to target parking violators with criminal summonses for minor infractions such as parking more than a foot from a curb or on a lawn.
The news outlet "Marshall Project - Cleveland" reviewed thousands of parking cases, spent hours in court, and talked to more than 25 people about their citations and suspensions.
The news outlet "Marshall Project - Cleveland" reviewed thousands of parking cases, spent hours in court, and talked to more than 25 people about their citations and suspensions.
In some cases, people were ordered to appear in Lorain Municipal Court within days of being cited for receiving a parking violation. For those who didn’t come to court, suspension orders soon followed, records show.
While most large Ohio cities issue only token fines, in recent years, Lorain Municipal Court judges ordered almost 600 license suspensions from parking tickets, according to court records. That’s on top of the fines that can range from $50 to $100.
The citations also often required car owners to stand before a judge in a packed courtroom as if they had committed theft, disorderly conduct or driving while intoxicated.
Attorneys with The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland said The Marshall Project - Cleveland’s reporting shines a light on what it calls “unlawful license suspensions” that can impact housing eligibility, employment opportunities and financial stability for some people.
Lorain is one of the 10 biggest cities in Ohio. But The Marshall Project - Cleveland found the city is the only one that suspends driver’s licenses for a single unpaid parking violation.
Lorain is one of the 10 biggest cities in Ohio. But The Marshall Project - Cleveland found the city is the only one that suspends driver’s licenses for a single unpaid parking violation.
None of the other large cities require violators to appear for criminal arraignments in court. Each city classifies the tickets as civil infractions.
Lorain Police Chief Michael Failing said individuals should not have a license suspension over a parking ticket.
A 2019 ordinance update raised parking fines to $50 if paid within 72 hours, and $100 if paid after 72 hours. The legislation also stated that people who did not pay within 72 hours should be notified by certified mail and ordered to appear in court. But that practice was not happening, and vehicle owners were not notified, court records show.
A 2019 ordinance update raised parking fines to $50 if paid within 72 hours, and $100 if paid after 72 hours. The legislation also stated that people who did not pay within 72 hours should be notified by certified mail and ordered to appear in court. But that practice was not happening, and vehicle owners were not notified, court records show.
The Lorain ordinance was tweaked again in November 2024 when the City Council gave the auxiliary unit the expanded power to write citations for all parking violations. Since that time, 1,155 citations were issued, and judges ordered 303 license suspensions, court records show.
Judge Mark Mihok said he did not know the ordinance required letters to be sent to violators. He said the Lorain Clerk of Courts should have sent the letters, but a clerk’s employee said they were never instructed to send letters.
Judge Mihok said he has felt pressure from the Lorain City Council and the mayor’s office to get money, especially after the state legislature passed a new law aimed at helping people with debt-related suspensions. He called traffic and parking tickets “a moneymaker, so we enforce tickets.” Judge Mihok said state lawmakers never lumped parking tickets into the new law.
Judge Mark Mihok said he did not know the ordinance required letters to be sent to violators. He said the Lorain Clerk of Courts should have sent the letters, but a clerk’s employee said they were never instructed to send letters.
Judge Mihok said he has felt pressure from the Lorain City Council and the mayor’s office to get money, especially after the state legislature passed a new law aimed at helping people with debt-related suspensions. He called traffic and parking tickets “a moneymaker, so we enforce tickets.” Judge Mihok said state lawmakers never lumped parking tickets into the new law.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than €1m (£878,000) from a small German town's parking meters.
taking coins out of parking meters and placing them in bank accounts that his wife had access to, local police said in a statement.
A money laundering report by a credit institution alerted investigators to the suspected theft.
The man faces 720 alleged incidents of theft, and subsequent cash being deposited into bank accounts and his wife faces 720 charges of aiding and abetting theft
Wrap your mind around how much the parking must cost, per hour, for this nearly million Euro to have been unnoticed by the city, for long enough for 720 chargeable counts of theft to happen.
Saturday, November 08, 2025
an automated stacker system broke down at Rathbone Square, near Oxford Street, and vehicles were stuck there for 28 months, starting in December of 2022 (utterly absurd amount of time, and likely, all the fuel in all those vehicles went bad, some interiors might have gotten moldy)
The vehicle owners had to rent substitutes in the 28 months they waited for the stacker system to be repaired... many had no choice, and had to out of pocket for the rentals, as insurance was not paying roughly 1200 a month for rentals.
Despite repeated attempts by the BBC to contact AXA XL, the building's public liability insurer, the company has not responded to questions about the delays.
Deka, the German investment fund that owns the Rathbone Square development, and CBRE, the managing agents for the building, both said they were not responsible for the failure of the parking system.
Klaus Multiparking, the manufacturer of the mechanical stacker, said investigations were ongoing but its understanding was that a broken chain caused the breakdown.
Double Parking Systems, the UK company responsible for maintaining the equipment, said it had never been the owner, operator or insurer of the car park.
It said the time taken to resolve the situation was not down to them, and they had advised vehicles could have been retrieved seven months before they were finally released.
Double Parking Systems, the UK company responsible for maintaining the equipment, said it had never been the owner, operator or insurer of the car park.
It said the time taken to resolve the situation was not down to them, and they had advised vehicles could have been retrieved seven months before they were finally released.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
a grassroots parallel parking competition held every year in Pittsburgh
and this of course reminded me that I'd just posted about the one in Portland https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/07/this-is-cool-portland-oregon.html a couple months ago
Thursday, August 28, 2025
high school was never this cool where I grew up, and only the smallest fraction of my graduating class had a car they owned or could borrow from parents, to drive to school
Fremont Ross High School (Thanks Marc!)
https://bhs.burnetcisd.net/apps/news/article/1078441
I only learned of this in 2020, and did a post about it https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2020/05/some-high-schools-allow-their-seniors.html
Friday, August 08, 2025
interesting how new things still are invented, like clever new ways to make money... some guy figured out how to use Denver residential street parking for his car rental business, so he doesn't have to waste money on renting a parking lot
He appears to be operating within the bounds of Denver’s parking regulations, which don’t specifically regulate peer-to-peer car sharing.
The issue has been ongoing for about a year.
“He keeps adding cars to his fleet regularly,” a neighborhood resident said. “It's just frustrating, and the city doesn't seem to be doing anything about it.”
There’s technically a reason why. A spokeswoman for the city’s Community Planning and Development Department said that while the city regulates how many vehicles citizens can keep on their private property, there are no specific ownership rules for cars parked on the street.
https://www.9news.com/article/money/consumer/steve-on-your-side/residents-frustrated-turo-business-in-denver-neighborhood/73-74488f2a-0e4f-40fc-a568-7fcc64c6b1f4
Wednesday, August 06, 2025
San Diego is trying other ways to raise more income to offset it's out of control spending... parking meter's hourly rates doubled in Jan, and now? $10 an hour around the downtown ball stadium during games or concerts. A 700% increase
According to the City, the special event parking rates will begin two hours before scheduled Padres games and Petco Park events with over 10,000 people in attendance, and will remain in place until four hours after the event starts.
Council President Joe LaCava said this reflects supply and demand. “This was an opportunity to do something that we probably should have taken care of because the private parking lots figured this out”
The city has turned to parking fee increases as a way to help the city’s budget. This summer, metered parking rates went up, and hours have been extended for downtown parking, which now ends at 10 p.m. Plus there are ongoing discussions on how much to charge for parking at Balboa Park, which is currently free.
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
California led the way, and New York follows. Yep, one bad idea from city bureaucracy inspires others to imitate it. NYC will lose 300,000 parking spots, and it will cost 3 billion dollars, in order to clear intersections, "daylighting" it's called
The New York City Council is preparing to vote on a street design bill that some members say would save lives, though transportation officials warn it could worsen traffic collisions and drastically reduce parking across the city.
"Daylighting" is banning vehicles from parking within 20 feet of crosswalks, improving visibility for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians by removing parking spaces near intersections.the proposed legislation is known as the Universal Daylighting bill because it would apply to intersections across the city, including nearly 14,000 that have signals.
The Council’s Progressive Caucus prioritized the measure on July 30. If passed, the legislation would bring New York City in line with existing state law that prohibits parking within 20 feet of intersections
The bill would also require the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) to install physical barriers, such as planters, bike racks or other objects, to further “harden” daylighted areas — a costly job the agency estimates could total $3 billion to implement.
In a January study, the DOT found that daylighting offers only a modest improvement in traffic safety.
At an April 21 transportation hearing, DOT officials said they do not support a universal daylighting mandate, arguing it could negatively impact safety and lead to unnecessary spending in areas without a history of injury-causing crashes.
“If this unhardened daylighting were implemented citywide, we think we could expect an increase of up to 15,000 injuries in a year,” Eric Beaton, DOT’s deputy commissioner of transportation planning and management, said. “In theory we would support hardened daylighting at all corners, but that would cost in the neighborhood of $3 billion dollars, and would cover large numbers of locations without a history of injuries.”
The Council’s Progressive Caucus prioritized the measure on July 30. If passed, the legislation would bring New York City in line with existing state law that prohibits parking within 20 feet of intersections
The bill would also require the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) to install physical barriers, such as planters, bike racks or other objects, to further “harden” daylighted areas — a costly job the agency estimates could total $3 billion to implement.
In a January study, the DOT found that daylighting offers only a modest improvement in traffic safety.
At an April 21 transportation hearing, DOT officials said they do not support a universal daylighting mandate, arguing it could negatively impact safety and lead to unnecessary spending in areas without a history of injury-causing crashes.
“If this unhardened daylighting were implemented citywide, we think we could expect an increase of up to 15,000 injuries in a year,” Eric Beaton, DOT’s deputy commissioner of transportation planning and management, said. “In theory we would support hardened daylighting at all corners, but that would cost in the neighborhood of $3 billion dollars, and would cover large numbers of locations without a history of injuries.”
Sunday, August 03, 2025
After spending 45 minutes in the Glendale Memorial Hospital parking facility, the parking machine showed a woman that she entered the lot three years ago and charged her $7,829. She also said the parking attendant accused her of parking there for weeks.
The Parking Company of America, which operates the garage, stated that the charge should not have occurred. The hospital also apologized for the error in charging. They attributed the error to a computer glitch.
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