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‘City Seeks To Put the Brakes on Employee Parking Abuse’
I think the Mayor’s plan to reduce the free parking placards of his government workers is inadequate [New York, “City Seeks to Put the Brakes On Employee Parking Abuse,” January 4–6, 2008].
The mayor, serving in office since 2002, states he will finally reduce the free parking permits of his workforce by 20% of an estimated 70,000 existing permits.
But, as your reporter pointed out, Transportation Alternatives places the number of permits closer to 150,000.
So the percentage actually losing the privilege will really be quite small, and will not have the desired effect in reducing congestion.
More interesting, the New York Police Department, the most flagrant violator for using permits to secure free parking for police headquarters staff’s commuter vehicles in my downtown Manhattan neighborhood, will be both issuing and enforcing the proper use of the placards. Talk about foxes and chicken coops.
JOHN OST
New York, N.Y.
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