Mayor Starts Talks About Alternate Side Parking Downtown
Without cars blocking the curbs, street sweepers could more effectively remove trash and debris.
City streets could be cleaner but parking could be trickier next year because Mayor Josh Cohen hopes to add street cleaning restrictions to parking in Ward One. Street cleaning regulations also known as alternate side parking specify which side of the street people can park their cars on from day-to-day. Cohen said the point is to give street sweepers the ability to reach the curbs so they can remove debris and trash that's often blocked by parked cars. "We’ve had a couple of causal conversations with Josh about it," said Joe Budge, president of the Ward One Residents Association. "We have indicated that we would be amenable to doing an experiment." Alternate side parking is one idea in Cohen's larger plan for cleaning up the downtown area…
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Brian Barone
9:36 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Are they absolutely crazy! Its bad enough that as residents we need to fight for spaces with everyone else, but you are going to eliminate 50% of the parking spaces and make me move my car every day? Where do you think those cars are going to dissapear to on alternate days? And what shall I do when we go on vacation? Should I pay to park in the parking garages or face a ticket for not moving my … more ›