Proposed Legislation Will Create 1000’s of Parking Spots
BROOKLYN [CHI] — Council Members David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) and Daniel Dromm (D-Queens) have introduced bills that would create as many as 100,000 new parking spots in New York City and save New Yorkers from thousands of parking tickets.
Last week, Greenfield introduced legislation that would curb tickets in New York City by painting the curbs near all of New York’s 109,800 fire hydrants red. Dromm introduced legislation that would decrease the distance drivers need to leave when parking near a fire hydrant from 15 feet to 10 feet.
Greenfield’s legislation, already supported by over half a dozen of his colleagues, would require the City to paint the curbs adjacent to fire hydrants red to the exact length that drivers are prohibited from parking near a hydrant.
“These are common sense solutions to everyday problems,” said Councilman Greenfield. “Drivers shouldn’t have to keep a tape measure in their glove boxes to determine where they can park. Many drivers park far away from hydrants to avoid parking tickets and are unintentionally taking up several feet that could be used for an additonal parking spot. Others park too close, and incur the wrath of a traffic enforcement agent. Our legislation ensures that drivers, and traffic enforcement agents, have an easy way to follow New York’s complex parking laws.”
Dromm introduced a bill, which Greenfield is supporting, that would reduce the distance a car must be parked from a hydrant from 15 feet to 10 feet. Greenfield and Dromm are asking that these bills be considered jointly, to ensure that the City would not have to repaint curbs if Dromm’s legislation were passed subsequent to Greenfield’s.
“These two bills would create thousands of new parking spaces in New York City,” explained Councilman Dromm. “In fact, many other municipalities around the country have these rules and they work. It is rather surprising that New York has not adopted them.”
“The law requiring 15 feet of free space on each side of a fire hydrant was adopted to allow fire trucks to park directly in front of hydrants,” Dromm said. “However, fire trucks rarely take the time to parallel-park when responding to an emergency. An engine company will simply double-park in front of a hydrant and run a hose, making the 15 foot rule obsolete. Allowing for a 10 foot no parking zone on either side of the hydrant will ensure that first responders have adequate space for maneuvering their equipment, while allowing New York City more space to meet ever-growing demand for street-side parking.”
Sara
LOVE this law!! Hope it passes!
Even one foot is Enough
one to 3 feet will be more than needed.
and if not how come the police cars can park so close ?
Edward Greenberg
Having lived in California for many years, the red curb is a great idea. I’m glad New York may get it.
sechel
This is such a simple yet brilliant idea!
small things make the difference
I think 5 feet on each side is enough. 1 to 3 feet and its 2 trucks on either side can be a big hassle for the fireman, to move and to communicate.
Stricter
but it should be enforced as well that cars can be ticketed for taking up too much space… i.e. not parking “directly in front of the paint”.
Not In NY
U DO realize that the LAST thing NY is trying to do is slash its ticket revenues right???I sooo highly doubt this law will pass
to #1
i agree with #5 five feet sounds like enough but less would be too little
ch res
where exactly do the 15 feet start the wheels the bumper?
Reginald
What about the illegal “curb-cuts” that people make in fron tof their houses,and they take away parking spaces on the street. If you have an alley, fine you have a driveway, but to pave over the garden in front of your house and then make a curb-cut is probably illegal. Does anyone know anything about this?
@10
@10 if the resident obtains a driveway permit, it’s legal, however, if they just cut out the sidewalk on their own without a provision, it’s not legally a driveway and you can block it all day long…. Of course you might upset someone and they can potentially call the police to issue a ticket/s and thereafter call to have it towed.
cma
What are the chances of it passing, and if it does, when does it go into effect?
I don’t know why I have this feeling that even if it passes, nothing will change…
Yoseel
B”H
Maybe it’s time to set up a new community upstate where it’s less crowded and you can park in your own driveway???? Like most Americans do…There’s a limit to the number of people (and cars) you can cram into an already overcrowded neighborhood…The Squarers did it successfully, and enough people will stay in CH anyway since it’s the Rebbe’s Schuna.
Back 30 years ago, many families didn’t even own one car. Now many families have 2, even 3 cars.