Many NYC street parking meters, called Muni-Meters, go into effect for NYC parking at 9am. For people who might park at a NYC street parking meter at 8:30am for work, though, this means they have to go back to the meter at 9am and pay for their parking.
In mid-April 2013, NYC City Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) introduced a bill that would require the NYC Muni-Meters to start accepting payment half an hour before meter requirements take effect.
On a positive note, many people will avoid the dreaded NYC parking ticket.
On the other hand, it could mean that people will park overnight — for free, and pre-pay the Muni-Meter to start at 9am.
On January 25th, 2013, NYC parking meter rates increased. We’d previously written about this (potential) increase in November 2012.
Either you’re hungry and love that you can get a cheap and great lunch from one of the food trucks on the street, or you need parking and that darn food truck is taking up 2 spaces — for four hours! Right now, any food truck can park on a NYC street if they are following the parking laws. They are not allowed to park where there is a NYC parking meter, though.
Hate red light cameras? Some people say these red light cameras aren’t accurate, don’t give enough time for a driver to brake for the red light, or are just plain illegal.
We know that NYC Parking rules can be very complicated. So we called our friends at 
As if NYC parking and driving isn’t hard enough, you can get a NYC parking or traffic ticket for some unbelievable violations. Here are a few that we sourced from