It’s the “law” of the concrete jungle.
Amazon delivery drivers who cause traffic chaos when they commandeer huge stretches of Big Apple streets are getting more brazen, with one claiming that cops gave them license to do so.
“The [NYPD] … said it’s OK to double park here,” said driver Shawn Evans from a frenzied “mobile distribution hub” — a euphemism for the mammoth trucks that double and triple park while workers scurry to unload their contents onto cluttered streets and sidewalks.
Evans said he had been unloading at his location along Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side for more than three hours with a truck containing “1,500 … 1,600” items.
“The NYPD does not allow Amazon delivery vehicles to double park or violate any parking regulations,” a department spokesman countered. “If these vehicles are observed in violation, a summons is issued.”
Evan’s truck was not an outlier. The Post found at least four Amazon delivery trucks hogging up sections of Columbus this week. Some Amazon employees confirmed they had been double-parked for hours.
Many of the the trucks are surrounded by what appear to be city traffic cones — but actually belong to Amazon, multiple delivery men said.
The problem is not unique to the Upper West Side. With its ultra high-density high-rises, the Upper East Side is also uniquely susceptible to Amazon delivery jams. Last November the City Council passed a bill aimed at curbing the issue by introducing loading-only parking spots in affected neighborhoods — but so far results have been limited.
“It is like Whac-A-Mole,” said Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer, adding that trucks would move from one location after a complaint to another. The veteran lawmaker says she has gotten at least 20 constituent complaints about the issue this year.
“It’s an endless challenge,” she said.
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“The NYPD does not allow Amazon delivery vehicles to double park or violate any parking regulations,” a department spokesman countered. “If these vehicles are observed in violation, a summons is issued.”
But yet they allow people in Inwood to double park all the time. I never see them giving out tickets up there especially on those narrow streets. I even seen a Sunday morning church there that literally had a parking lot full of cars on the streets. There were cars parked and then on top of those cars was other cars and it went all the way down the block. 2 rows of cars on one side and the cars parked on the other side too. It is insane over there.
Sure, the Amazon trucks are a huge problem. But we should also consider WHY they double park. The reason is that every block of every street is lined with parked private cars . People with cars take public space -- our streets -- and use it to store their crap when they're not using it. Only the car people are allowed to use public space for private property storage. If you are irresponsible enough to have a car in the city, you chould have to store it on private property, not public streets.
Sure they get tickets, but they only pay a small percentage of the total fines, same as other trucking companies.
City needs to free up lots more space for delivery trucks. Using it for free car storage is just pandering to car totalitarians.
Simple solution, get a few NYPD heavy-duty tow trucks to patrol these neighborhoods. A few tows and Amazon will magically find a legal way to deliver packages.
Aren't Amazon orderers darlings of the left since they aren't using cars to go out and buy stuff?
@warp10 said...Thank you for you comprehensive and informative response! Honk Honk...
It's not just Amazon. Factor in UPS trucks, FedEx, and DHL, as well as the food delivery services like PeaPod, Baldor, etc., and it's amazing that there's room for anyone else.
Simple solution: Amazon Headquarters in Long Island City.
Stop bothering truck drivers, you bunch of useless commies. If you weren't storing your cars on the street, we wouldn't need to be double parking in the first place.
@Trucker Joe said... Stop Trolling TA Commie
It's called capitalism. Don't like it, move to Russia.
@“It's called capitalism. Don't like it, move to Russia.”
I think most of these right wing fakriot posters are already there.
@I think most of these right wing fakriot posters are already there.
Like the one from the feds or the ones trying to get the Supreme Court justices?
"It's called capitalism. Don't like it, move to Russia."
Capitalism? Where? Here?
Explain TA commie. How come?
Last time I checked there hasn't been capitalism in this land for a long time now.
You must be confused and are you in the travel business now, advising folks where to go?
@"Explain TA commie. How come?"
Get a life "Everyone is a TA commie but me" drone!
TA commie is a troll....
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