LIC 311 Calls
One thing I noticed in LIC is there is so much illegal parking. Almost every time I go for a walk there are trucks parked on the sidewalk loading and unloading, cars parked on the sidewalk, or cars blocking driveways. If it's especially egregious, I will report the situation via 311. Most times I get a response saying that by the time the police got to the scene the person was gone, but I keep thinking that if I persist the situation will get better. I noticed that 311 publishes their data onto Google BigQuery, so I decided to put together a report to illustrate the problem. As of this October 2018, there were 2500 reports of illegal parking in the neighborhood! In 1700 of these cases, the parking violation was no longer occurring by the time police arrived or the police took no action. Only about 500 times did the police resolve the situation or issue a summons to the offending party. On average, there are between 6 and 12 reports of illegal parking each...