WPCNR THE PARKING NEWS. October 25, 2006: The White Plains Department of Parking, acting on the suggestions of residents that long lines to purchase the annual TransCenter Resident Meter Parking Permits at the White Plains Metro North Station, force applicants to stand outside in cold inclement December weather has announced the coveted permits will go on sale November 15 at the TransCenter Office, beginning at 7:15 A.M.

The permits allow White Plains residents to park at metered slots in the TransCenter after 10 A.M., and are meant for residents who do not commute regularly on the Metro North line but find the need to park at the TransCenter to make infrequent trips by train. The permit costs $5.

Mounted P.E.O.'s On Bikes

In another innovation, the Department of Parking has confirmed, (after a Parking Enforcement Officer was reported to WPCNR as riding a bicyle this week on his rounds), that White Plains now has  mounted five Parking Enforcement Officers on Bikes

The new "mounted Parking Enforcement Officers," charged with awarding $15 tickets to unfortunate motorists who lose track of the time, are patrolling  for parking violations in White Plains from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. There is also one  P.E.O. who patrosl on bike from 4 P.M. to midnight. The bicylces have been purchased by the Department of Parking, according to a department spokesperson. Asked if this mounted innitiative had resulted in an increase in parking tickets, the Department of Parking spokesperson said it was too soon to tell, but that the bicycling ticket hawks liked the mobility; the bicycles did not block traffic in double-parks, as their white parking patrol vehicles do, and the bikes save their legs.

The P.E.O.s on Bikes are in radio communication with the Department of Public Safety and were trained in the operation of the bikes by the Department of Public Safety.