[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 31

[Bresler E]

When I lived there, the mayor was roundly denouncing the practice of saving
parking spaces that way. Until someone asked him how many parking spaces HE
had shoveled that winter.  End of comments!
It was of course the moved parking space holders that lead to the
altercations.
I am SO HAPPY to have a driveway. (B'lee Ayin Hara [meaning nothing bad
should chance that])
Elianna

On Dec 23, 2007 8:01 AM, <kathy_rourke at cox.net> wrote:

> I was just talking to my husband yesterday about what it is like in Boston
> when there is a lot of snow- very much like New York! Great description! Of
> course, In Boston they have the added fun of trash can/lawn chair blocking
> of parking spaces- hopefully we will never see that here-
> Kathy Rourke
> 37 6th Street
>
> ---- Karen Klingon <kklingon at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Here in NYC, alternate side parking is SUSPENDED when it snows because
> > there's no place to move cars to and the city wants to discourage
> > driving. The snow ends up being plowed to street corners and bus
> > stops--that's where the open space is. Pedestrians must stand in line
> > to cross the street through narrow channels trodden in large piles.
> > It's easy to lose your footing and fall; if you're pushing a stroller,
> > baby carriage, or shopping cart, or if you're physically challeged,
> > you're out of luck. When folks do dig out their cars, they shovel the
> > snow onto the sidewalk or street. I don't see much to recommend this
> > system.
> > On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:17 PM, shawnps at shawnps.com wrote:
> >
> > >> From: "KTID" <info at ktid.net>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Summit] snow removal in Providence
> > >>
> > >> I rarely ever respond to this list, but having lived in NYC for 6
> > >> years
> > >> and owning a car in Brooklyn for 2 of those I would add that our
> > >> streets
> > >> would probably be in better shape if we DID have on street, opposite
> > >> side
> > >> parking because it would mandate NO PARKING on certain sides of the
> > >> streets on certain days so that the plowing could actually happen
> > >> during
> > >> business hours and therefore cost the city less (thus it might
> > >> actually
> > >> happen).
> > >
> > > Yet one more thing that will never happen in this J.V. city. There are
> > > too
> > > many closed minded people here.
> > >
> > >
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