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Many contact us to see if their city has adopted Parking Mobility. As you can appreciate, nothing moves quickly through government and we’re actively pushing Parking Mobility with 30+ cities each day. But if your city hasn’t yet adopted Parking Mobility, many ask whether they should bother submitting violation reports. The answer is…absolutely yes!
The 2-3 minutes it takes to submit a report is not time wasted — in fact, it’s time well spent.
First, the city is receiving each report. The more reports the city receives, the more they realize the magnitude of the problem…and this will encourage the city to adopt Parking Mobility.
Second, each report submitted (a) encourages others to get involved and (b) discourages those who might otherwise abuse disabled parking…to instead respect it. This is especially true when you link your Facebook and Twitter accounts to share violation reports.
Third, I find it therapeutic. For years and years I was frustrated every time I saw a violation…which as you know, is often. I felt helpless. With Parking Mobility, I take the three quick photos, click submit and leave with a sense of action. Even in cities which aren’t yet partners, submitting a report creates a public record of the violation — with the city, on the Parking Mobility website and on both Facebook and Twitter.
Every single violation report has the chance of making a difference — (i) prompting a city to adopt Parking Mobility, (ii) rallying those who care about access to work together to solve the problem and (iii) shifting society’s attitudes to respect disabled parking (and access in general).
I encourage everyone to keep submitting violations. In addition, please contact us to get involved with our partners and other users to get your city signed up!
Craig
Wow, thats a really clever way of thiknnig about it!
Please, please, please remember that not all physical handicaps are VISIBLE handicaps. My husband has MS and walking (especially in the Texas heat) is sometimes very painful for him. In addition, heat and stress damage is cumulative – avoiding it might mean the difference between whether or not his disease gets worse. This is why his doctor has legally issued him a permit. To see him though, one would think he was just a healthy 30-something. The last thing he needs is some self-righteous Joe on the street determining that he’s abusing his permit and harassing him by snapping pictures of us while we are out with our family. I get that spots are sometimes abused, but why should he be harassed by any person with an iphone who thinks he’s breaking the law? It’s an abuse of his privacy, a possible danger to his safety, and just an embarrassment he shouldn’t have to face. With this app comes power. Please remember to advise those who use it that just because a person LOOKS healthy, doesn’t mean they are. People have tags for a variety of unseen disabilities. http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/
Thank you.
I appreciate your concerns. I hope you will be pleased to know that Parking Mobility is endorsed by the National MS Society. In fact, we have several volunteers in Austin and Houston who have MS. Parking Mobility intends to report individuals who are either parking without a license plate / placard or doing so with an expired placard. The app is not meant to be a subjective evaluation of whether someone is disabled or not. Our training goes into great detail on this. I hope this addresses your concerns. If not, please let us know. Thank you.
How do I know if my city had adopted Parking Mobility?
Has Texas adopted parking mobility,because in one,Day I submit at least two violations.