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Nine minutes, not ten.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> From: philosopher.joe@gmail.com<br>> To: dickow@turbonet.com<br>> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 16:33:28 -0700<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking Restrictions<br>> <br>> I used to live at 6th and Lynn, and I always had room to park on Lynn. <br>> But I imagine it is difficult for those without a corner lot.<br>> <br>> Besides, what would be gained? The ability to get to UI in 5 minutes, <br>> not 10?<br>> <br>> Joe Campbell<br>> <br>> On May 18, 2009, at 9:15 AM, "Robert Dickow" <dickow@turbonet.com> <br>> wrote:<br>> <br>> > I live on 6th street where the no-parking policy is being <br>> > considered. I hope<br>> > they don't do it, for the following reasons:<br>> ><br>> > (1) This is a residential area without deep frontages to the homes. <br>> > Traffic<br>> > noise may increase without the beneficial buffering provided by <br>> > parked cars.<br>> ><br>> > (2) Parking is hard to find already, since the south side has been 'no<br>> > parking this side' for many years. About 50% of the homes only have <br>> > 1-car<br>> > garages. When I had guests one Sunday I had to park near East City <br>> > Park,<br>> > some 250 yards away from my home.<br>> > (3) Cosmetics. Many homes on the south side of 6th already have had <br>> > to build<br>> > ad-hoc parking areas cut into their lawn areas off their drives. I <br>> > have seen<br>> > a few homes recently with cars parked on the lawns. I had to do that <br>> > a few<br>> > times myself. This is uglier than cars parked on the street. My lawn <br>> > is<br>> > getting compacted already, and I'm worried about my lovely Norway <br>> > maple<br>> > tree.<br>> > (4) Lack of street side parking will reduce home values. This may <br>> > impact<br>> > county property assessed values and lower future tax revenues from <br>> > property<br>> > tax. I know from personal experience the last time we refinanced our <br>> > home<br>> > that the property is worth less just because it is on a busy street.<br>> > (5) Traffic speed may increase, although recent studies have not <br>> > shown any<br>> > increase in average speed at all. As a resident here, I'd rather the <br>> > speed<br>> > decrease from the posted 30mph to 25mph anyway. While one could <br>> > argue that<br>> > traffic throughput to the eastern residential developments will be <br>> > improved,<br>> > this improvement would be negligible. Given the length of the street <br>> > from<br>> > downtown, increases in speed in arriving home for those folks <br>> > amounts to<br>> > about a 12-20 second time savings only. But that point appears moot.<br>> > (6) There were no unusual levels of reports of accidents caused by the<br>> > presence of parked cars.<br>> > (7) The sheriff's office (or police dept) allegedly has encouraged the<br>> > elimination of parked cars. I suppose this is to get them to the <br>> > scenes of<br>> > emergencies more quickly. Heck, I used to see them tearing down 6th <br>> > with<br>> > their lights on just fine, thanks, parked cars and all. Without <br>> > parked cars<br>> > on 6th, the bad guys can get away quicker too, don't forget.<br>> ><br>> > Bob Dickow, troublemaker<br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com <br>> > ]<br>> > On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<br>> > <snip><br>> ><br>> > A very interesting (and controversial) topic will be discussed at<br>> > tonight's (May 18, 2009) Moscow City Council session.<br>> ><br>> > Courtesy of the Moscow City Council agenda for May 18, 2009 . . .<br>> ><br>> > "6th Street Parking Plan - Presented by Les MacDonald<br>> ><br>> > During the recent winter snow removal operations, temporary no parking<br>> > restrictions were placed on Sixth Street between Blaine and Logan <br>> > Streets.<br>> > This restriction was implemented in order to facilitate more <br>> > efficient and<br>> > complete snow removal on this Collector classification roadway. <br>> > After the<br>> > temporary restriction was installed questions began to arise as to <br>> > whether<br>> > the restriction should be made permanent. <snip><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></body>
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