GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids police are cracking down on a growing issue involving drivers from ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.
More than a dozen drivers received $118 citations for blocking traffic while waiting outside of a bar to pick people up. Capt. Scott Rifenberg of the Grand Rapids Police Department explained that’s because those drivers were blocking a traffic lane, which is against a city ordinance.
Rifenberg told 24 Hour News 8 that in November, GRPD didn’t write any tickets for drivers blocking traffic after 6 p.m. In December, officers wrote 14 tickets in 11 days. Twelve of those tickets were issued for violations on Monroe Avenue in front of The B.O.B., a popular downtown venue.
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