1. Parking In NYC Saima Ahmed Vincent Buscemi Bryan Fox Rezaul Hazmin Nari Kyak Shetal Patel Albert Rodriguez Erkan Savluk

2. A Little Info on Parking & Parking Tickets 10, 114 Parking Meters in Manhattan and Queens Traffic Division is becoming stricter Meter Tickets below 96 th St are generally $65 Other Areas average $35

3. Problems with Parking in NYC Time Consuming Confusing Signs Dangerous Unsatisfactory Parking Meters Uncompromising & Unseasoned Meter Maids Illegible Tickets Impossible to Overturn in Court

4. Time Consuming Never seems to be enough parking Can drive around for hours No guarantee of finding a spot at all

5. Confusing Signs Too much information to absorb Conflicting rules based on days and times of day Arrows seemingly pointing every which way.

6. Dangerous Due to the confusion, many people slow down to see if a spot is legal Pay attention more to signs and spots than the driving Leads to many traffic accidents

7. Unsatisfactory Parking Meters Many broken meters Many meters do not keep correct time Meters begin at inconvenient times

8. Unsatisfactory Parking Meters continued… Many meters have 2 hour increments causing people to return to their car prematurely Muni-meters cause a gap between parking and having the receipt to be parked legally

9. Uncompromising & Unseasoned Meter Maids Quotas force the meter maids to write tickets they might not write without quotas Some meter maids are very unprofessional Parking cops are usually the newer officers

10. Illegible Tickets Tickets are sometimes impossible to read Pencil Smudges Police Writing is Illegible Cannot decipher the price of the ticket

11. Impossible to Overturn in Court Parking Tickets cost a great deal of money and surcharges are even more If a parking ticket is brought to court, the judge is completely uninterested in hearing your side, completely disregarding what may be a different truth

12. Current Solution Brought Forth By NYC Muni-Meters – – One per block – – Pay and get ticket – – Walk back to car and display ticket in windshield – – Time consuming – – Some have gotten tickets while walking between car and meter

13. Possible Solutions for Unsatisfactory Meters Scotland and England have implemented Solar Power Meters These Meters accept: – – Credit Cards – – Debit Cards – – Cash – – Charge Via Mobile Phone

14. Possible Solutions for Unsatisfactory Meters Solar Meters continued… – – Register by phone or on computer once – – Call a central number to say where you are parked – – Meter charged to credit card or debit card – – Receive text message reminder of when time is up

15. Possible Solution for Illegible Tickets Carry Around Palm Pilot with Printer Easier to Read Easier to File & Keep Records for individual and City

16. Correlation to Christian Ethics Many of these traffic problems lead to dishonesty Meter Maid’s quotas lead to unwarranted tickets Ticket recipients will do or say anything to get out of paying