Drivers in New York City wouldn’t have to move their vehicle as frequently due to street cleaning under a new pilot program.
From Aug. 3 through Sept. 25, the New York City Department of Sanitation is conducting an Alternate Side Parking pilot program in portions of Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, according to Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who represents parts of Brooklyn, including Prospect Heights.
It means residents parked on participating streets would only have to move their vehicle once a week, rather than twice a week, for street cleaning. The pilot program would determine if once-a-week cleaning can maintain the same level of cleanliness while reducing a burden on vehicle-owning residents.
Parking signs on these roads will not change and existing Alternate Side Parking signs will remain in place throughout the pilot. Vehicle owners will only be ticketed if they do not move their vehicle on the designated pilot day.
Enforcement will be limited to Thursdays or Fridays, depending on the side of the street a vehicle is parked on. Outside the designated pilot day, vehicle owners will not receive an Alternate Side Parking ticket on participating streets, even if the posted signs say otherwise.
The pilot program comes the same week after a new bill signed into law now allows the city to place a bright sticker of shame on the window of a vehicle that did not move for Alternate Side Parking.
The law permits some city agencies to place a sticker, no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, on the window of any motor vehicle to enforce alternate side parking rules. It is accompanied by a $65 ticket.
Alternate side parking rules are suspended on certain federal, city, state and religious holidays each year. They may also be suspended during severe weather and other emergencies. They are not in effect on Sundays.