$130 in tix. Tack that onto the granite countertop.

I. Grace, which boasts of its services to "commissioned private residences," is graceless in the bike lane.

When you check the detail on his bike lane violations, you see that he parks for hours at a stretch in this spot and gets multiple tickets as each new TEA tour comes through. But none of the TEA have figutred out that they can ticket him for both bike lane and double parking at the same time.

45886JE 7293658515 10/12/2007 NO STANDING-EXEC. TRUCK LOADING 105.00
2 69108JG 1151586468
Hearing Pending 10/04/2007 DOUBLE PARKING 115.00
3 74583AV 7339798547
HearingComplete 10/23/2007 EXPIRED METER 35.00
4 74583AV 7345715917
Hearing Pending 10/25/2007 BIKE LANE 115.00
5 74583AV 7706436378
HearingComplete 10/26/2007 TRAFFIC LANE 115.00
6 74583AV 7304115749
Hearing Pending 10/31/2007 BIKE LANE 115.00
7 74583AV 7286499956
Hearing Pending 10/31/2007 DOUBLE PARKING 115.00
8 74583AV 7308569275
Hearing Pending 11/02/2007 NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING 65.00
9 74583AV 7345022948
Hearing Pending 11/05/2007 BIKE LANE 115.00
10 74583AV 7288597714
Hearing Pending 11/07/2007 BIKE LANE 115.00
11 74583AV 7349012603
Hearing Pending 11/07/2007 BIKE LANE 115.00
12 74583AV 7300243125 11/13/2007 NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS 115.00
13 79262AS 1140860136
Hearing Pending 03/08/2007 DOUBLE PARKING 115.00
14 79262AS 7130959563
HearingComplete 10/22/2007 SIDEWALK 115.00
15 79262AS 7153354840
Hearing Pending 11/01/2007 TRAFFIC LANE 115.00

Total Due Total to Pay

$1,585.00 $

$700 in tix.

$700 in tix.

Tsk, Tsk.

26308JM 3917323564
In Judgment
HearingComplete 04/28/2004 FAILURE TO DISPLAY MUNI-METER RECEIPT 93.27
2 26308JM 7878469842
HearingComplete 10/12/2007 FAILURE TO DISPLAY MUNI-METER RECEIPT 28.00
3 26308JM 7871681862
HearingComplete 10/12/2007 FAILURE TO DISPLAY MUNI-METER RECEIPT 28.00
4 26308JM 7831230981
HearingComplete 10/17/2007 FAILURE TO DISPLAY MUNI-METER RECEIPT 28.00
5 26308JM 7955627295
HearingComplete 10/19/2007 FAILURE TO DISPLAY MUNI-METER RECEIPT 28.00
26308JM 1142050890 05/03/2007 DOUBLE PARKING 125.00

including one ticket for bike lane parking courtesy one block over on E. 90th courtesy of TEA Oyetunji.

Check out this loser, blocking the bike and lane and the hydrant. He's got $2,020.46 in unpaid tickets. Tow his ass now!

Externalizing its costs onto me once again. $125 in tickets. Read more:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/11/22/fresh-direct-builds-a-grocery-empire-on-free-street-space/

This guy has got $2,265 in unpaid tickets, and he loves to park straddling the sidewalk and the bike lane. I've caught him here repeatedly (usually he's in his other truck: http://nyc.mybikelane.com/?plate=xc296s&state=NJ). I think his business must be named "DNA contracting" because he is genetically incapable of following the law.

$50 in unpaid tickets.

I told this guy he had to park elsewhere and stop idling, and he just looked up from the paper he was reading and laughed. Saw him coming and going, so he was idling at least 20 minutes. Under New York City law, trucks may not idle for more than 3 consecutive minutes, except (1) when the engine is powering a loading, unloading or processing device; or (2) when the vehicle is a legally authorized emergency vehicle. Penalties for violating the City idling law range from $250 to $875. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection
(NYCDEP) enforces this law. See: http://rudyard.oag.state.ny.us/environment/idling_trucks_buses.pdf

This guy was clearly violating the law, reading his paper, eating his breakfast, and keeping warm for 20 + minutes by idling the engine. Of course, he probably doesn't care if he is ticketed for idling, since he's already got $4,015 in unpaid tickets.

Plate too fuzzy for definite ID . . .

This guy did have one of those removable revolving lights on top of his sedan, but he was no where to be seen. There is a big parking lot to the right of the scene shown (next to hecksher playground), where all the Parks Dep't vehicles park. He could have parked there, but he was too lazy. So he parked in the bike lane, forcing bicyclists and others into traffic. The NYPD passes by without doing anything.

These guys were not only parking in the bike lane, but using it as a staging ground for bundling up their deliveries. Couldn't get them move. Here's the video clip showing the license plate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCe38ow01hs

This guy has $520 in parking tickets (http://nycserv.nyc.gov/NYCServInquiry/NYCSERVMain ), and that is after ~$100 in fines were written off by the Department of Finance. By his own admission, he parks here weekly, and I have caught him blocking this stretch of the bike lane before ( http://nyc.mybikelane.com/post/index/143 ). After a minutes or so of relatively intense counseling, he moves his van (not shown). Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmgwhcupZ8 .

Let's see if he remembers to keep the bike lane clear next week.

Here's the same guy as in post http://nyc.mybikelane.com/post/index/181, in the same location and up to his old tricks: blocking both the sidewalk and the bike lane and creating an unsafe condition for everyone. He saw me taking the photo (inset, left) and came up to tell me I should "go to work" and stop bothering him. I patiently explained to him that he was forcing pdestrians and bicyclists into the street but he just kept yelling that I should "get to work" (inset, right). Just because you're "doing work" doesn't mean you have a license to do this, pal. I hope no one gets hurt, but if they do, hopefully they will find this post and will be able to use it to nail him (legally speaking) to the wall.

I wouldn't have bothered to take a photo if these guys had been in the process of packing up . . . but they were no where to be seen.

This morning, I encountered a delivery guy bringing fish from his parked box truck into a restaurant on West 77th Street. Here he is parked in the bicycle lane. I asked him not to use the bicycle lane next time and pointed out to him how he could park on Columbus Avenue and be just as close to his delivery point. He said he would; let's see what happens.

This driver for Roadrunner knew to get in and start driving once he saw me with the camera. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9g0g8Rb0w

How about just parking outside the bike lane in the first place next time?

This guy is so selfish that he has to take up both the sidewalk and part of the bicycle lane with his van. As you can see from the picture on the right, he could have backed down the driveway, but for whatever reason he chose not to. As a result, this woman had to push the infant in a stroller out into traffic in order to make it down the street.

I expected to see the sticker on the windshield, this gas guzzler is so new. Maybe the owner just purchased it, but who would purchase an SUV with plastic bumpers for commercial purposes? More likely, it is not used for any commercial purpose and has been tagged as a commercial vehicle by the owner for tax purposes. If so, please get your tax dodge out of my bike lane!

Here's a Verizon van that was parked right in front of the ups truck in the post below. Unlawful parkers observe a herd mentality, knowing that even if the cops do start ticketing, they will gain extra time while others are ticketed to return to their vehicle and escape punishment!

Miliva foods makes their deliveries illegally from the bike lane.

This morning, I found these two cops parked in the bike lane, one reading the paper, the other doing official-looking paperwork, while two commercial vehicles parked behind them in the bike lane. I parked my bike and went over to speak to one of them. I was extremely polite with him and he was extremly testy and sarcastic toward me. He told me that given that there is a single lane for motor vehicle traffic in each direction of 77th Street, that commercial vehicles have a choice between parking in the traffic lane and parking in the bike lane, and the bike lane is the right choice for them. He added that he had specifically given permission to the van behind him to park in the bike lane.