[Summit] Parking again!

[Art Norwalk]

I'm with Elianna and others who favor keeping the overnight parking 
ban and limits on hospital staff parking on street all day. The 
crowding would ruin the character of the neighborhood and 
availability of overnight parking would likely lead to illegal 
apartments. Elimination of hospital lots on North Main would not 
bring about an economic revival of that strip. (But a good Asian 
restaurant would be a nice addition!)

-- Art

At 05:21 PM 1/27/2010, you wrote:

>I have to agree with Elianna--as it is 8th street gets choked to the 
>hilt some days when people are going to Chez Pascal, Oak, the 
>Farmers' market or the craft fair...and forget about it if it's 
>snowing--sometimes we can barely back out of our own driveway!
>
>One of the problems is that these streets aren't very wide so I can 
>imagine what effect 200, 300 or 400 Miriam employee cars might have. 
>(Sometimes school buses can't get up our street if there are cars 
>parked on both sides.)
>
>That said, I'm not a huge fan of the parking lots OR the maniacal 
>shuttle buses. The parking arrangement for hospital employees seems 
>tough but keeping a livable neighborhood that won't start looking 
>like Thayer street 24/7 is obviously a little more important to residents.
>
>(Wouldn't it be nice to have some developers fix up North Main? The 
>Walgreens is an utter eyesore, but at least it's new development.)
>
>Emlyn
>
>
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>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:46:56 -0500
>From: Breslers <<mailto:breslerfamily at gmail.com>breslerfamily at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Summit] Fwd: Parking again!
>To: Andrew Nosal 
><<mailto:andy at mapcenter.com>andy at mapcenter.com>,  Summit Neighborhood
>        <<mailto:Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
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>hmmm  I can see why you would feel that way,  but I'll NEVER be for on
>street parking-
>
>I already lived MORE than enough years with it.  It was such a pain, in so
>many ways, that it dragged down the quality of daily living in Boston.
>Ugh.  Getting tickets while unloading your groceries into your own house
>because there was no where to park nearby. Dodging those tickets every
>week.  Then trying to find where to put your car. Having to dry off your
>guests after they walked 3 blocks in a down pour. Shoveling out a parking
>space for your car, and having to fight for it or shovel again & again.
>"No onstreet parking" requires landlords to provide parking, and improves
>everyone's quality of life.
>
>That's my opinion.
>
>Elianna
>
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