CURBSIDE CRUSH: City officials are upping fines so drivers will park legally. Delivery companies say they are being asked to do the impossible.

PARKING violations; TRAFFIC violation prevention; THORPE, Ken; NEW York (N.Y.). Dept. of Finance; CONSTANTINIDES, Costa

The article reports on the move by the New York City Department of Finance to increase the fines of illegal parking to compel drivers to park legally, as of November 2018. Topics include the efforts by the group of New York Trucking and Delivery Association chief executive officer Ken Thorpe to fight the increase, the fines for such infractions as traffic obstruction and double parking, and the comment of City Council member Costa Constantinides on the issue.