New York Traffic Blog

By virtue of a Freedom of Information Act request, I have un-covered a wealth of statistics about the New York City Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) and New York City traffic…

New Red Light Camera Rules To Make It Easier To Tow

August 7, 2010

As reported this week in the NY Post, effective September 13, 2010, New York City Marshals will be allowed to tow any vehicle with a combined $350 owed for parking…

NYC’s Most Dangerous Intersection

August 5, 2010

CBS TV reports that 33 accidents have occurred over the last 1 1/2 years at the intersection of 71st Street, Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. Traffic comes from multiple directions at this…

Why I Didn’t Jump Off The Lighthouse

August 3, 2010

Entrepreneurship

So it’s a beautiful Summer evening and I am bobbing up and down in my friend Eric Crew’s speed boat in Cohasset Bay, about 1 hour south of Boston. I’m…

New System To Make "Fixing" A Traffic Ticket Nearly Impossible

August 1, 2010

Traffic tickets are big business in New York City and getting one to “fall through the cracks” just got harder. The NYPD announced that it is implementing a new electronic…

Are You A Cheapskate?

July 26, 2010

Author Jeff Yeager is the cheapest guy I know. In fact, he’s made a career around penny-pinching. His newest book is entitled “The Ultimate Cheapskate: Road Map To True Riches” and it…

Surrounded By A Sea Of Infringement

July 19, 2010

Entrepreneurship

If you regularly provide content online (and, by the way, you should be doing this for SEO and marketing purposes), you are being bombarded by infringement and may not even…

Blacklisted: The 5 Stages Of Death By Google

July 9, 2010

Entrepreneurship

Before I share my harrowing tale, I need to tell you that I love Google. I love that it “pushes” me qualified prospects who are looking to buy. I love…

Cities Sandbagging Motorists

July 9, 2010