That was evident farther west on Macdougal Street in the West Village, where police officers, armed with meters and ticket pads, arrived at dusk on Friday.
Next to it, a warning about what Mr. Scanlon sees as the latest demon out to get him and other small-business owners on this strip of the eastern Bronx: "Watch out for meter maid $115 a ticket".
Under terms of the deal, the company is allowed to write tickets for meter violations and the city is required to compensate it when the city changes meter locations and rates.
When he does get out, it is to perform activities -- like keeping parking meters going to prevent the meter attendants from writing tickets -- that are sure to upset people and bring a disdainful smirk to his face.
Some losses, like the roughly $1 million a day lost to meter revenues and parking tickets since the attack, will be limited in the normal course of things, once the city drops its car-pooling regulations and reinstates alternate-side-of-the-street parking.
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Since the city made it easier to pay for parking with credit cards, and began a program that allows people to find spots and pay for them on their mobile phones — so they no longer have to run out of meals to feed the meters — fewer parking tickets have been issued.
This is ultimately what Pullstring is trying to help facilitate when you are having a conversation with your pizza parlor, your hairdresser or, potentially, the automated meter-maid that ticketed your car.
A very smart looking person is on your doorstep, telling you tales of drunkenness and cruelty, or at the very least a saga about a faulty gas meter, or a lost train ticket to (say) Edinburgh.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's ideas about easing parking's indignities -- including text messages to alert you when your meter is expiring, amnesty for ticket scofflaws, and even requiring sensitivity training for traffic enforcement agents -- are nice.
