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{{Short description|Concept in traffic law}}
'''Alternate
In many towns and cities, alternate
==Around the world==
===New York City===
From the beginning, the [[New York City]] alternate-side parking law was "assailed" by opponents as actually impeding the efficient flow of traffic.<ref>{{cite news|title=AUTO CLUB ASSAILS CITY PARKING PLAN; Alternate-Side-of-Street Bans Called Inconsistent Burdens to Motorists -- Revisions Urged", November 9, 1953|author=The New York Times|url=
The law is a year-round rule, suspended only for holidays and certain events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar|author=New York City Department of Transportation|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/scrintro.html|
▲From the beginning, the [[New York City]] alternate-side parking law was "assailed" by opponents as actually impeding the efficient flow of traffic.<ref>{{cite news|title=AUTO CLUB ASSAILS CITY PARKING PLAN; Alternate-Side-of-Street Bans Called Inconsistent Burdens to Motorists -- Revisions Urged", November 9, 1953|author=The New York Times|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F7091FFD3A5D177B93CBA9178AD95F478585F9 | date=November 9, 1953}}</ref> The system was created by [http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/nyregion/paul-r-screvane-dies-at-87-held-many-political-offices.html Paul Rogers Screvane], former commissioner for the department of sanitation in Queens, [[New York]].
▲The law is a year-round rule, suspended only for holidays and certain events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar|author=New York City Department of Transportation|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/scrintro.html|accessdate=October 16, 2006| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060928222328/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/scrintro.html| archivedate= 28 September 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Signs are posted with the scheduled street sweeping times, and drivers must make sure their vehicles are on the correct side of the street or risk being [[parking violation|ticketed]] or [[tow truck|towed]]. The law can be confusing to visitors, who often choose to park in high-priced [[parking garage]]s or use [[valet parking]] rather than risking fines. Even for locals, parking tickets are common; working late or oversleeping may cause a car to be left for too long on the wrong side of the street. Avoiding a ticket can consume a great deal of time, as drivers must search for other available spaces or sit [[double parking|double parked]] until the designated time, regardless of when street sweepers actually pass.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Zen of Alternate-Side Parking|author=David Wallis|url=http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4176|accessdate=October 16, 2006}}</ref>
====Example====
On a street running east to west, cars must be moved from the south side of the street for a few hours a day every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday they must be moved from the north side. On Sunday and certain holidays, they can be left where they are. The specific times will vary from street to street. The days on which the rules are suspended may also vary from city to city and even from
===Sweden===▼
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In [[Sweden]], alternate
▲===Sweden===
▲In [[Sweden]], alternate side parking (''datumparkering'') is applied in zones covering an entire city, with signs indicating this at the city perimeter. Inside such date zones (''datumzon''), parking is prohibited on the morning of odd dates on the side of the street where houses have odd numbers. The drivers must think of what date it is the next morning if they leave the car in the evening. Inspired by [[Stockholm]], more and more Swedish cities are abandoning such confusing zones and instead provide permanent parking on one or both sides of the street, with the exception for one day per week during December through May, when snowplowing and sweeping of sand can be required. The day when parking is prohibited is posted on a sign for each street.
===Denmark===
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===Belgium===
[[File:Belgian road sign E11.svg|thumb|90px|Belgian road sign E11]]
[[Belgium]] allows a half-monthly parking rule (Dutch: ''Halfmaandelijks beurtelings parkeren'', French: ''Stationnement alterné semi-mensuel''). When the entrance of the town is marked by road sign E11, alternate-side parking applies to the whole town agglomeration. Parking on the road from the 1st till the 15th of each month is only allowed on the side of the road with odd house numbers; from the 16th till the end of the month, parking on the road is only allowed on the side of the road with even house numbers. At the end of each period, cars should
===France===
[[File:Verquigneul - Panneau d'entrée.JPG|thumb|Old half-monthly alternate
Similar parking regulations exist in [[France]].
===Spain===
{{Multiple image
| image1 = Alternate-parking sign Barcelona left.jpg
| alt1 = Alternate-parking sign Barcelona left side
| image2 = Alternate-parking sign Barcelona right 01.jpg
| alt2 = Alternate-parking sign Barcelona right side
| footer = Alternate-parking signs in Barcelona from each side of street
}}
In [[Spain]] some cities have similar parking regulations. In [[Barcelona]], for example, the parking side in small streets changes every three months. In these streets, every street side has a sign showing the regular parking conditions, an additional sign below shows the dates when parking on this side of the street is allowed and prohibited.
===Other countries===
In most other countries, like in [[the Netherlands]], the street sweep vehicle is usually accompanied by a few street sweeping persons, who go around the parked cars with brooms. They bring the garbage from around the parked cars to the road, from where the sweep vehicle takes it over. This way, citizens do not have to move their parked cars.
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Street sweeping policy in Amsterdam |url=https://www.amsterdam.nl/bestuur-organisatie/volg-beleid/afval-en-schoon/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=amsterdam.nl}}</ref>
==Popular culture==
*In the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Alternate Side]]," [[George Costanza]] gets a job moving cars from one side of the street to the other.
*The novel ''Tepper Isn't Going Out'' is based on the quest for parking in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Tepper Isn't Going Out|author=Calvin Trillin|publisher=Random House|year=2003|isbn=0-375-75851-8}}</ref>
*In the Golden Girls episode "An Illegitimate
*In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', goblins allegedly invented alternate-side parking, in addition to the oboe and guacamole, thus securing their place among the damned.
*In ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode "Transition", CJ Cregg jokes about moving the furniture around the Chief of Staff office on a daily basis, "like alternate side of the street parking."
*In the ''[[MF Doom]]'' song Gazillion Ear, the [[New York City]] rapper mentions that he is "In effect like alternate side of the street parking rules."<ref>{{cite web|title=MF DOOM - Gazillion Ear Lyrics|url=https://genius.com/Mf-doom-gazzillion-ear-lyrics|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
==References==
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