[Summit] Fw: Parking

Mon May 8 13:11:07 UTC 2006

I totally agree with Bob and Paul  I don't want to live in a
student-housing-friendly neighborhood.  Enforcement of zoning and parking
rules would help a good deal.  I wonder if there is a way we can help make
it possible for the city to do a better job of that?  

Jessica

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From: Summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us
[mailto:Summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us] On Behalf Of Bob Trudeau
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:37 AM
To: Summit Neighborhood
Subject: Re: [Summit] Fw: Parking

Neighbors:
I agree with Paul's sentiment below. I have experienced the "college
students next door" (across the street) syndrome this past academic year,
with frequent unfortunate results, culminating with the paving of a front
yard (at 33 Lauriston) because there are two many cars even for a house with
a two car garage and driveway parking for at least four vehicles (which of
course would be inconvenient because they would have to move somebody's car
to drive out, etc.). Instead of a nice green lawn with landscaping that
would help keep the neighborhood attractive, we now have bricks and cars. I
would like to see the ordinance and zoning restrictions on driveways, number
of apartments per building, and number of un-related people in a household
enforced before I would endorse overnight parking.

Not to mention the dangers of restricting access to fire and rescue vehicles
by parking on both sides of the street, whether day or night. Really
long-time residents of Lauriston know that one-sided parking came about when
fire trucks could not get to house aflame.

While it's inconvenient to reduce on-street parking, it's also very
desirable, for a variety of reasons.

Bob Trudeau

On May 8, 2006, at 5:20 AM, Paul Aceto wrote:

The only thing that is keeping the student population down in Summit it the
lack of parking. If we open the streets to overnight parking, property
speculators will turn Summit into a satellite neighborhood for Brown, RISD
and J&W. They have already tried it next door to me. Trust me, you don't
want a house full of college students living next door to you. Take a drive
throught the Thayer or Eaton Street neighborhoods to se what I mean.
Paul Aceto
----- Original Message ----- 
From: jbmcil at aol.com 
To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us 
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 5:50 PM
Subject: [Summit] Parking

In some towns who need on-street parking, there is a requirement that only
one side of the street be used on alternate nights. For example, on mon,
Wed, and Fri, all cars must park on the uneven numbered side. Also, in West
Chester, PA, there is a rule that when more than 3 inches of snow fall, NO
cars may be on the street. I think both of those ideas might help if parking
is allowed at all. Just tossing out that idea... Judi on Firglade

-----Original Message-----
From: Anne <hennypenny at cox.net>
To: Summit Neighborhood <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Sent: Sun, 7 May 2006 12:39:47 -0400
Subject: Re: [Summit] [Board] calling the police

I agree with Jessica.  Street parking sounds like a nice quick fix,  

but I believe it would be nightmarish, especially on narrow streets  

like ours (Lewis).

I know that sounds harsh toward people with limited parking, but I  

just think the cure would be worse in the long run than the  

"sickness."  Do we really want our East Side streets wall-to-wall  

with parked cars, as in Boston?  Not I!  (That might be the straw  

that finally pushed us out to Rumford or somewhere similar.)

Just MHO!

- Anne

On May 7, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Jessica Jenner wrote:

>  When people park on my little street (Brewster)it can be hard to get

> through.  The apartments across the street (which have inconvenient  

> driveway

> parking from the occupants' point of view) park directly across  

> from my

> driveway, and I'm likely to hit one of those cars someday - it  

> makes a very

> tight turn out of my driveway, even for my fairly small car. If  

> parking was

> restricted to one side only on Brewster fire trucks and emergency  

> vehicles

> could get through OK, but I agree with Michele - more cars will come.

> People with driveways will put one car in the drive and one on the  

> street,

> just because it saves juggling; some families will end up with 3 or  

> 4 cars;

> visitors will still have a hard time parking...and people will then  

> want to

> allow overnight guests to park on the 'wrong side.'

>

> No easy answers, for sure.  Maybe a gas crisis will put people on  

> busses and

> they will buy fewer cars?

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