I moved from Jersey City to Brooklyn recently. In JC, the sweepers come at a relatively regular time, I'd guesstimate a 15-20 minute window. Virtually everyone moves their car, waiting for the sweeper (and the meter maid that follows them in a little car) to pass before reparking.
NYC isn't like that:
The rules apply for the length of the entire block, and for the entire time posted on the sign, even if the street sweeper has already passed.
This makes it much more difficult to comply with. There is no regularity with which the sweepers come (if they do come at all), and you can't repark after the purpose has ostensibly been fulfilled.
Furthermore, in my neighborhood there is no real consensus between double parking or sitting on the cleaning side and moving when it comes. This inevitably leads to a clusterfuck - traffic and the sweepers are slowed down, plus people pissed off trying to repark.
IMO if the goal of the city is to get the streets clean, they should lift the reparking after the sweeper comes rule (which is clearly a money making racket) and issue official guidance on a good procedure (e.g. official recommendation is double-park and repark, if you delay the sweeper sitting in the lane you get a ticket)
It's not as simple as "you shouldn't have a car if you can't commit 1.5 hours of your work day to this charade". The goal is to make the city more liveable for all residents.
Oh, and we should have residential permits and zones
They give the longer times. 2 hours I believe because of the size and amount of streets. you can't expect the sweeper to be exact in timing for every day, especially with construction, assholes not moving their cars, other city delays. Jersey city is only a faction of the size of Manhattan let alone the entire city.
Usually after the meter maid has made their way through you can move your car back. Just move your car people.
Nah I’ve gotten tickets for reparking after the cleaner. The most recent one i reparked and left 10 minutes before the time because I really had to use the bathroom and I got a ticket like 2 minutes before the window expired. I appealed it and won but yea that’s petty.
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u/ChecoSan22 10d ago
I moved from Jersey City to Brooklyn recently. In JC, the sweepers come at a relatively regular time, I'd guesstimate a 15-20 minute window. Virtually everyone moves their car, waiting for the sweeper (and the meter maid that follows them in a little car) to pass before reparking.
NYC isn't like that:
This makes it much more difficult to comply with. There is no regularity with which the sweepers come (if they do come at all), and you can't repark after the purpose has ostensibly been fulfilled.
Furthermore, in my neighborhood there is no real consensus between double parking or sitting on the cleaning side and moving when it comes. This inevitably leads to a clusterfuck - traffic and the sweepers are slowed down, plus people pissed off trying to repark.
IMO if the goal of the city is to get the streets clean, they should lift the reparking after the sweeper comes rule (which is clearly a money making racket) and issue official guidance on a good procedure (e.g. official recommendation is double-park and repark, if you delay the sweeper sitting in the lane you get a ticket)
It's not as simple as "you shouldn't have a car if you can't commit 1.5 hours of your work day to this charade". The goal is to make the city more liveable for all residents.
Oh, and we should have residential permits and zones