This city really is run by a bunch of limousine liberals.
Transportation bigs are considering dedicated “limo lanes” for residents of an Upper West Side high-rise enclave whose droves of chauffeured rides are causing high-end traffic headaches.
The Department of Transportation unveiled its version of the velvet-rope treatment for folks who live in the Trump and Extell buildings along Riverside Boulevard — which runs from West 63rd Street to West 72nd Street near the West Side Highway — at a Community Board 7 meeting this week.
About eight parking spots could be carved out along that stretch, DOT officials said, to help ease the congestion.
Residents have complained that high-powered execs in the buildings rely on town cars and limos — paid for privately and through job perks — to shuttle them to work in the mornings, causing a massive line of idling vehicles.
There are no bus or subway lines in the immediate area, and yellow cabs are rare.
The hired cars are often double- and triple-parked during peak hours, a doorman at the Heritage building, at 240 Riverside Blvd., told The Post.
“It’s a controversy because people want to be able to leave right away in the morning. Then, when they come home, they’re, like, ‘Why are all these cars in the way?’ ” the doorman said.
The congestion is even worse at the Trump Place buildings at 200 and 220 Riverside Blvd., he said.
DOT brass initially floated the idea to the community board, said board transportation committee co-chair Andrew Albert.
Building residents initially wanted the special lanes to be in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., five days a week.
But the community board jabbed back. “They only needed it in the morning. I thought the morning rush would be enough but the folks over there said they needed it longer,” Albert said.
The board was swayed when 20 residents said children at a nearby preschool are in danger from the double-parked cars — so a compromise was struck and the hours were set for 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The lanes would revert to general parking on nights and weekends.
If approved by the community board, the eight spaces could be installed in late June, Albert said.
Another committee member told The Post that the local police precinct is poised to “pump up their presence” in the enclave so the new limo-lane rules aren’t ignored.
A DOT spokesman said the proposed changes could help reduce traffic snarls.
Oddly, the DOT technically does not yet control the street, public records show. It is still owned by developer Extell, which plans to convey it to the city next month. It is slated to be turned over to DOT by July.
Albert also said there’s a chance of getting bus service in the area.
“I’m also on the MTA board and we may get bus service there, but in the meantime the idea was to not have the cars double-parked,” he said.