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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

eppur_se_muova

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2. IIRC (and I may be wrong) drivers get punished for taking too long ...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:03 PM

Oct 2015

Drivers have a quota to fill, and taking the time to find a legal spot to park may keep them from doing so. Fail to meet your quotas and your job goes to someone else.

"Free-market" capitalism in action, yay!

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New York man sues UPS for blocking bicycle lanes [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 OP

Does UPS have immunity from lawsuits like the gun industry has? If not...stop parking there! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1

UPS doesn't have immunity from parking tickets. PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #3

Having lived in NYC I can tell you EVERYONE parked wherever they wanted when making deliveries. KamaAina Oct 2015 #4

Indeed. I used to live across the street from a supermarket that had no parking lot PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #5

Sounds like Fairway GreatGazoo Oct 2015 #6

IIRC (and I may be wrong) drivers get punished for taking too long ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #2