Thurs., March 5 – Wed., March 11
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING IS SUSPENDED THURSDAY FOR PURIM
Daylight savings time kicks in 2 a.m. Sunday! This means that Monday morning will be an Accident Alert Day: drivers will battle collective sleep deprivation, making roads more dangerous. Crash and fatality rates increase the week after daylight savings time takes effect, so make sure you’re fully awake before hitting the road.
Armory Arts Week starts Thursday, bringing both art and tourists from around the world to shows in Soho and on the West Side. In Lower Manhattan, the Volta fair on Mercer St. between Spring and Broome Sts., and the Spring/Break art fair on Mott and Prince Sts. run all day Thursday through Sunday. The Art on Paper fair on South and Montgomery Sts., and Salon Zürcher on Bleecker between Lafayette St. and Bowery run all day Friday through Sunday. Traffic on West St. will be heavier than usual, since most of the other art shows are near the Hudson River, from Greenwich Village up to Hell’s Kitchen.
In the Holland Tunnel, one New York-bound lane and one New Jersey-bound lane will close 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday. In the Lincoln Tunnel, the New York-bound south tube will also close 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday. The same night, all Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge will close 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., sending traffic to the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges. Canal St. will get hit on both sides of the island, as will Delancey St.
On West St./Route 9A,, two north-bound left lanes will close from Canal St. to 14th St. 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday.
From the mailbag:
Dear Transit Sam,
I just got a new registration sticker from the D.M.V. for my windshield. Can the registration sticker be placed above the inspection sticker or must it be placed to the right of the inspection sticker?
Jill, Battery Park City
Dear Jill,
Assuming you are in the driver’s seat while applying the sticker, you must place the registration sticker to the right of the inspection sticker, according to Title 15, Section 17.4 (d) of the Codes, Rules, and Regulations of New York. Plenty of Transit Sam readers in the past have received tickets for “misplaced registration sticker” – put the sticker to the right and it’s an easy headache to avoid!
Transit Sam
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