[Summit] Parking again!

[Andrew Nosal]

Yes I have been to those other cities, even Pawtucket!  It seems just  
fine there.

I would love to see us transition to a world with far fewer cars.  
However, in the world we have it makes sense to let people park their  
cars in existing curbside spaces, which have been paid for by all of  
us.  Parking regulations and pricing should be devised to benefit the  
broad public, in light of transportation and land use issues, not  
sheer nimbyism.



On Jan 28, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Jeffrey Cavanaugh wrote:

> The point being made was that if you want on-street parking at night  
> you can't assume the same number of residential cars as you see  
> now.  IN fact if you allow overnight parking the Miriam folks will  
> not be able to find spaces during the day because residents who now  
> cram all their cars into their little tandem driveways will now  
> leave all but one of those cars on the street.  Also, the  
> neighborhood will densify with both legal and illegal apartments.   
> This is just the way it is so if you think about what life will be  
> like if the decades old law is changed, you have to consider that.   
> There are arguments to be made both ways.  I actually think having  
> an overnight parking ban makes it easier for outsiders to park  
> here.  There are more live spaces because residents aren't camped  
> out on the spaces all the time.  This is actually good for our Hope  
> St. businesses because there is probably not adequate population  
> density within walking distance to support them.  On the other hand,  
> the congenstion and densification that would be caused by removing  
> the ban would make this a more urban style neighborhood and slow  
> traffic on our streets.  Parked cars are a much cheaper traffic  
> calming feature than "bump outs".
>
> For a good side by side check out the Brighton area of Boston and  
> the nearby urban area of Northern Brookline.  The latter does not  
> allow on-street parking although they do provide many municiple lots.
>
> Also, check out our neighbor, Pawtucket.  Look at streets with a  
> similar mix of 1,2 and 3 families to your street.  What's it like?
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Andrew Nosal <andy at mapcenter.com>  
> wrote:
> Oops, sorry.  I forgot for a  moment that Summit is so magical that  
> really, no one should be allowed to park here at all.
>
> It follows that whenever I drive or park in some other neighborhood  
> or city, I am wrong to feel I am imposing in equal measure to other  
> drivers because living here must make me special too.
>
> Only Other People's cars cause traffic, overcrowding, noise,  
> pollution, parking problems or potholes.
>
>
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