[Vision2020] Sixth Street Parking Restrictions

[Joe Campbell]

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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