Lazy drivers in NYC neighborhood fail miserably at chance to reduce alternate-side parking: Weve got to do better

They trashed their chance.Prospect Heights drivers proved they are too lazy, greedy and dirty for the privilege of dropping their alternate-side parking rules two just two days a week, according to city officials and records.The leafy Brooklyn nabe miserably failed the eight-week pilot program — which took ASP parking days from four to two — with a little more than half its drivers finding the willpower to move their cars for the 1.5-hour inconvenience, officials revealed Thursday.Drivers racked up an incredible 913 ASP summonses during the pilot, which ran from Aug.3 through Sept.

25, according to the city’s Sanitation Department.At an average of 457 tickets per month, Prospect Heights drivers were actually receiving more summonses than they were when alternate-side rules were in effect for double the amount of time.Just 62% of drivers actually moved their cars for the reduced alternate-side parking days — dropping from 73% the month before the testing program went into effect.The result was visibly dirtier streets, the DSNY said.City Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who pushed for the pilot program, theorizes that drivers fell asleep at the wheel — with many deciding the cost of a $65 ticket was worth keeping their coveted spot in the notoriously hard-to-park neighborhood.“For people who count the tickets as just the cost of owning a car in New York City, maybe they’d rather just get one ticket than two,” Hudson told Gothamist.“ There’s definitely a lot of disappointment.I’m disappointed.

I was hoping to have it become a permanent change.But we’ve got to do better.”Regular ASP rules have resumed in the neighborhood — meaning drivers are back to enduring four-day street sweeping.It also means Prospect Heights drivers have lost their right to whine about the annoying multi-week car dance that comes with the routine.Hudson said her office has for years fielded requests from residents who question whether the twice-weekly sweepings per si...