[Summit] Parking

[Jeffrey Cavanaugh]

Which means that you stil have to stop for pedestrians crossing hope at
Burlington even though the city does not feel that intersection warrants a
crosswalk even though it is right in the middle of the business district
where all the pedestrian traffice is concentrated!

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Francisco Lovera <pacolovera at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Mikaila,
>
> Actually, if you read deeper into the Title 31,
> http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-18/31-18-4.HTM at any
> intersection whether is painted or not there is a legal crosswalk.
>
> (b) Whenever there are no markings to the contrary, there shall be a
> presumption that there is an unmarked crosswalk at any intersection.
>
> This combined with the regulation you pointed out, no car shall be parked
> within 20 feet of an intersection that is uncontrolled (no stop sign or
> signal)
>
> (6) Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection;
>
> We deal with this issue almost on an everyday basis.
>
> Francisco J. Lovera
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:11:21 -0400
> > From: marthur at ric.edu
>
> > To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > Subject: [Summit] Parking
> >
> > I agree with the many comments about difficulties in turning and passing
> > through intersections when people are parked too close to the corner;
> > obviously, the regulations about such parking are not always enforced as
> > they should be. However, such parking practices are only illegal where
> > there is a marked crosswalk or a stop sign. Since so many of the
> > intersections in our neighborhood do not have marked crosswalks and do
> > not have 4-way stop signs, it is legal for people to park right up to
> > the corner (unless there is a curb cut; then they just have to leave the
> > curb cut clear). See
> > http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-21/31-21-4.HTM for the
> > complete parking regulations.
> >
> > --Mikaila
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
> > Department of Sociology
> > Rhode Island College
> > 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
> > Providence, RI 02908
> >
> > Phone: (401) 456-8681
> > Fax: (401) 456-8665
> >
> > marthur at ric.edu
> > http://www.mmlarthur.com
>
> >
> >
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