Placard/Plate Abuse

Let’s Make Accessible Parking More Accessible: A Practical Guide to Addressing Disabled Placard Abuse and Other Parking Issues for People with Disabilities

This groundbreaking, 24-page publication provides a roadmap for addressing issues related to accessible parking and disabled placard/plate abuse. Topics include statistics that confirm the scope of the problem, deterring fraudulent use of disabled placards/plates, parking design and streetscape issues that interfere with access, misuse of access aisles for van accessible parking spaces, empathetic signage, technological solutions, enforcement issues, citizen activism, and more. The publication includes dozens of ideas from cities, universities, and others, along with practical action items.

Source Credit: Accessible Parking Coalition
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2019-09-13T23:35:46+00:00Categories: .pdf, Accessible Parking Coalition, Book/Publication, National in Scope, Signage|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

AAMVA Best Practices Guide in Deterring and Detecting Fraud and Misuse

The Best Practices Guide assists motor vehicle departments in improving the issuance of disability placards and plates, the deterrence and detection of fraud in these areas, and the enforcement of disability parking violations. The intent is not to identify the one approach that all jurisdictions should follow but rather to serve as a starting point for an informed local discussion on how best to marry needs for accessible parking with needs for general parking. 

The Best Practices Guide provides guidance in the following areas; Fraud identification, issuance and renewal processes, product standards, medical issues and requirements, outreach and education, enforcement strategies, and legislation, case law, and legal challenges.

This publication resulted from a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA).

Source Credit: AAMVA

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2018-09-13T01:12:58+00:00Categories: .pdf, American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), Book/Publication, National in Scope, Placard/Plate Issuers|Tags: , , , |

Draft Legislation – Tiered Parking Meter Exemption

Currently disability parking permits provide a parking meter fee exemption. By law it is 2.5 hours or the maximum time the meter allows, whichever is longer. Some permittees cannot reach or operate a meter due to a disability. By making it apply to all permittees, it created an incentive for people to fraudulently obtain or use permits belonging to someone else. The bill restricts the exemption to those who are medically certified to be unable to reach or operate a parking meter due to a disability. The bill did not pass this last legislative session, but DCAB intends to reintroduce it.

Source Credit: State of Hawaii Department of Health Disability and Communication Access Board

DOWNLOAD: Draft Legislation – Tiered Parking Meter Exemption
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2018-09-13T01:33:03+00:00Categories: .pdf, Hawaii, Legislation, Parking Enforcers/Legislators, State of Hawaii Department of Health Disability and Communication Access Board|Tags: , |

Model Legislation – Colorado

This document contains model legislation for a two-tier placard act signed into law May 29th, 2018.

Source Credit: Colorado General Assembly
View Online: HB18-1285 Remuneration-exempt Disability Parking Placard

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2018-10-15T03:58:26+00:00Categories: .pdf, Colorado, Colorado General Assembly, Legislation, Parking Enforcers/Legislators|Tags: , |

The Abuse of Disability Parking Placards in Massachusetts

The Office of the Inspector General from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Internal Special Audit Unit’s did an in-depth examination of placard abuse, the RMV’s process for issuing placards, and options for detecting and preventing the misuse of placards in February 2016. 

Source Credit: Office of Inspector General Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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2018-09-13T02:28:02+00:00Categories: .pdf, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Comprehensive City or State Report, Massachusetts|Tags: , |

The Two-Tier Solution

Leading parking experts and urban planners, Donald Shoup and Fernando Torres-Gil, present a plan for ending disabled placard abuse at parking meters.

Source Credit: The Parking Professional Magazine, International Parking and Mobility Institute

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2018-10-18T16:05:02+00:00Categories: .pdf, Article/Blog post, International Parking and Mobility Institute, National in Scope, Parking Enforcers/Legislators, Placard/Plate Issuers|Tags: , , , |

PSA – Be aware or beware!

Old PSA DCAB produced for television campaign to warn against parking placard abuse.

Source Credit: State of Hawaii Department of Health Disability and Communication Access Board
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2018-09-13T02:35:11+00:00Categories: Accessible Parking Users/Advocates, Hawaii, Public Education, State of Hawaii Department of Health Disability and Communication Access Board, Video|Tags: , , , , |
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