On the blog, there's a comment from "a lawyer" who went to the trouble of looking up "The Rules of the City of New York." He found that the section on parking excluded "devices moved by human power" from the definition of "vehicle." The lawyer says it's not clear if this definition excludes bikes from parking or just from parking RESTRICTIONS. Probably, the only way to resolve this question is to get a ticket and work your way through the labyrinthine New York court system.
But the parking squatters didn't get a ticket, so their action remained at the level of street theater. As theater, it seems to have been successful. The blog's comments on the story are fascinating; Naparstek's blog is usually rather sedate, but this story brought out a lot of defensiveness and vitriol from people who identify with their cars. Chuck Strawser wrote: > Note that the blog says"New York City regulations say that metered, > curbside parking spaces are only to be used for the storage of vehicles. > This kid made sure the rules were being followed." > (in reference to the kid's TOY auto). > But bicycles are defined as legal vehicles in all 50 states (last I > checked), so this would be perfectly legal (anywhere), and no matter who > interpreted the ordinance...as long as they had at least one bicycle in > the > space. > chuck > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
