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| News from Councilmember Crystal Hudson:
As many of you know, our office worked with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to secure a first-of-its-kind Alternate Side Parking (ASP) pilot program in parts of Prospect Heights and Crown Heights. From Monday, August 3 to Friday, September 25, DSNY temporarily reduced ASP enforcement to once a week, down from twice a week (per side). DSNY resumed enforcing on all posted ASP days on Monday, September 28.
For years, our office has heard from local residents who have asked whether twice-a-week Alternate Side Parking is still necessary to keep neighborhood streets clean. We undertook this pilot to determine whether once-a-week ASP can maintain the same level of cleanliness while reducing the burden on residents. As we mentioned when the pilot was launched, strong community participation would help make the case for expanding similar efforts elsewhere in the district.
Based on the results, DSNY has informed us that they will not extend the pilot, citing reduced compliance on ASP days and reduced cleanliness.
During the pilot period, DSNY deployed several monitoring tools, took photos of the block during enforcement periods, and had officers physically observe compliance. According to DSNY, one month prior to the ASP reduction pilot (July 1–31), vehicle compliance averaged 73% and 455 ASP summonses were issued with enforcement occurring four days per week. Following implementation of the pilot, vehicle compliance declined by 11% to 62%, reflecting fewer vehicles moving on Thursdays and Fridays. During the pilot period, 913 ASP summonses were issued despite enforcement occurring only two days per week – an average of approximately 457 summonses per month with half the enforcement days. Using these tools and stats regarding vehicle and cleaning summonses, DSNY concluded that cleanliness dropped and vehicle compliance fell.
Though the pilot program will not result in a permanent roll back of ASP regulations, we’d like to thank DSNY for its willingness to partner with us and test a new hypothesis, and for our many community partners for conducting outreach to ensure neighbors knew about the program. We are disappointed that the program won’t become permanent at this time, but remain hopeful that there could be an opportunity to revisit ASP regulations across District 35 in the future.
If you have any comments or feedback, you may reach out to DSNY directly at customerservice@dsny.nyc.gov.
In community,
Councilmember Crystal Hudson |
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