Monday, July 9, 2012

'Milling' about on Avenue B, and towing cars

As you probably noticed, a lot of streets are getting torn up in the neighborhood ... in preparation for repaving ... lost track of all the streets, actually...

The southern stretch of Avenue B had its turn late last week...



And tonight, more of the Avenue "is scheduled for pavement milling," per the signs...

And if you left your car on Avenue B from, say, East Fourth Street on up ... your car is likely being towed...


Per EVG reader ‏@leighmg ... who notes that crews are breaking into cars to tow them...



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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 8:20 PM

    Could they possibly find a more inconvenient time to do loud construction than when people are trying to sleep ?

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  2. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 9:17 PM

    any word on when they'll be paving? its a pain that they leave streets with bike lanes milled for so long.

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  3. EV GrieveJuly 9, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    I haven't heard any dates for the paving, anon...

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  4. Fahn-fahn-fahnJuly 9, 2012 at 9:58 PM

    @Anonymous 8:20pm:

    Better to keep you from sleeping than to inconvenience the motor vehicle traffic during the daytime.

    (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.)

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  5. VictoriaJuly 9, 2012 at 10:23 PM

    Work crews are feverishly removing radios to tow the cars.

    Seriously, is that legal? You don't need to break in to a car to tow it.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    @ 9:17 PM
    I was going to similarly comment.
    I would say expect the repave sometime in the next 2 to 6 months.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 3:15 AM

    sweet ride how much for the wheels

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  8. Matt_LESJuly 10, 2012 at 9:11 AM

    Is there even a cycle lane on B? In any event, this is a just a little preview of what it will be like when the next mayor bulldozes them, along with the pedestrian plazas, so we can get back to an efficient grid system.

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  9. FipperJuly 10, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    the question caught my interest and after some research, the answer is NO. towing companies CANNOT break into cars for towing purposes even if the car is parked illegally. it's illegal even if the police is present and ordered the break-in for the tow. permission must be granted by the car owner. therefore, that is an illegal tow in that pic and the towing company is liable for any scratches or damages (i.e. door lock). the burden of proof will be on them because you are the witness to your car everyday and you know your car better than they do. bottom line is if they cannot tow it, they must leave it; unless they want to risk damaging the car during the towing process, which the tower are definitely liable for.
    (btw, this applies to street parking, not parking or private lots, although similar..)

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  10. AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 1:44 PM

    I live right on B and they could not have done this at a worse fucking time. i hate this city sometimes... you just know their paving is going to suck as always. cant wait for it to happen again in 2 years... ugh

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