[Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking Restrictions

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Nine minutes, not ten.

Sunil

> From: philosopher.joe at gmail.com
> To: dickow at turbonet.com
> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 16:33:28 -0700
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking Restrictions
> 
> I used to live at 6th and Lynn, and I always had room to park on Lynn.  
> But I imagine it is difficult for those without a corner lot.
> 
> Besides, what would be gained? The ability to get to UI in 5 minutes,  
> not 10?
> 
> Joe Campbell
> 
> On May 18, 2009, at 9:15 AM, "Robert Dickow" <dickow at turbonet.com>  
> wrote:
> 
> > I live on 6th street where the no-parking policy is being  
> > considered. I hope
> > they don't do it, for the following reasons:
> >
> > (1) This is a residential area without deep frontages to the homes.  
> > Traffic
> > noise may increase without the beneficial buffering provided by  
> > parked cars.
> >
> > (2) Parking is hard to find already, since the south side has been 'no
> > parking this side' for many years. About 50% of the homes only have  
> > 1-car
> > garages. When I had guests one Sunday I had to park near East City  
> > Park,
> > some 250 yards away from my home.
> > (3) Cosmetics. Many homes on the south side of 6th already have had  
> > to build
> > ad-hoc parking areas cut into their lawn areas off their drives. I  
> > have seen
> > a few homes recently with cars parked on the lawns. I had to do that  
> > a few
> > times myself. This is uglier than cars parked on the street. My lawn  
> > is
> > getting compacted already, and I'm worried about my lovely Norway  
> > maple
> > tree.
> > (4) Lack of street side parking will reduce home values. This may  
> > impact
> > county property assessed values and lower future tax revenues from  
> > property
> > tax. I know from personal experience the last time we refinanced our  
> > home
> > that the property is worth less just because it is on a busy street.
> > (5) Traffic speed may increase, although recent studies have not  
> > shown any
> > increase in average speed at all. As a resident here, I'd rather the  
> > speed
> > decrease from the posted 30mph to 25mph anyway. While one could  
> > argue that
> > traffic throughput to the eastern residential developments will be  
> > improved,
> > this improvement would be negligible. Given the length of the street  
> > from
> > downtown, increases in speed in arriving home for those folks  
> > amounts to
> > about a 12-20 second time savings only. But that point appears moot.
> > (6) There were no unusual levels of reports of accidents caused by the
> > presence of parked cars.
> > (7) The sheriff's office (or police dept) allegedly has encouraged the
> > elimination of parked cars. I suppose this is to get them to the  
> > scenes of
> > emergencies more quickly. Heck, I used to see them tearing down 6th  
> > with
> > their lights on just fine, thanks, parked cars and all. Without  
> > parked cars
> > on 6th, the bad guys can get away quicker too, don't forget.
> >
> > Bob Dickow, troublemaker
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
> > ]
> > On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
> > <snip>
> >
> > A very interesting (and controversial) topic will be discussed at
> > tonight's (May 18, 2009) Moscow City Council session.
> >
> > Courtesy of the Moscow City Council agenda for May 18, 2009 . . .
> >
> > "6th Street Parking Plan - Presented by Les MacDonald
> >
> > During the recent winter snow removal operations, temporary no parking
> > restrictions were placed on Sixth Street between Blaine and Logan  
> > Streets.
> > This restriction was implemented in order to facilitate more  
> > efficient and
> > complete snow removal on this Collector classification roadway.  
> > After the
> > temporary restriction was installed questions began to arise as to  
> > whether
> > the restriction should be made permanent. <snip>
> >
> >
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