<div>If we were to permit on-street parking, and gain back the hospital parking lots for residential housing, you would have a considerable problem from Miriam employees parking in front of residents' homes night and day. There would be a lot more litter, (currently picked up occasionally by hospital maintenance), noise from employees talking all hours of day and night as they enter and exit their vehicles and slam their car doors, and many no doubt would park so close to driveways that residents would have difficulty exiting, if not actually blocked. As much as many in Summit would love to reclaim the parking lots back for residential housing, it will never happen realistically. Personally I like having a ban on on-street parking and hope it remains in place for years in Summit. </div>
<div>I live in Pawtucket now, where on-street parking is allowed, and let me tell you there is a disgusting amount of litter from drivers who think they are entitled to dump their trash out their car door on the street when they park, and night-time noise from ignorant late-night chatter as other people sleep near by.<br>
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<div>Does anyone else see the great, neighborly breakthrough possible here? There can be a new on-street parking scheme that does not inconvenience residents and also allows hospital employees' cars to occupy otherwise idle pavement - in exchange for replacing the horrible parking lots with good stuff like houses or shops! ( Just no "garage front" houses please)</div>
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<div><a href="http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/donald-shoup-calls-san-francisco-parking-meter-study-pathbreaking/" target="_blank">http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/15/donald-shoup-calls-san-francisco-parking-meter-study-pathbreaking/</a></div>
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<div>As a resident nearby the hospital I agree that there is an over compensation by the meter maids and the hospital to prevent employees parking on the street but as long as they insist on the horrible parking lots it is appropriate. The biggest issue as I see it is the really poorly maintained parking signage in the area which does not make the rules clear.</div>
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<div>Raising some money through parking enforcement is a fine idea. The disgrace is how pointless and victimless are the most ruthlessly enforced parking regulations: the overnight ban, and time limits on out of the way blocks. I would like to see more enforcement of laws that actually impact safety and well being, like speeding, red light running and failure to yield.<br>
<br>There has been an absurd over-reaction to the problem of ** OMG hospital employees are parking all day.* * Why is it best that hundreds of perfectly good curbside spaces remain vacant, all day, every day, while the hospital is compelled to maintain big ugly parking lots that could be developed as housing or other useful things? If we want residents to be priveleged to park on their own streets, give them permit stickers and enough reserved space on every block. The rest of the spaces could then be used by whoever. The no-turnover problem that all-day parkers create in busy commercial areas and adjacent to the hospital itself is best solved by meters.<br>
<br>Parking policies today are not the result of any systematic thinking or rational analysis. However, as long as the city is collecting lots of $, and the loudest complainers in the neighborhoods are relatively quiet, the policies can be considered a big success!<br>
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