Seen This Morning (and Far Too Often) On One Way South Fifth!

 

This morning at 8:27, preparing to turn onto South Fifth from Warren while riding MY BICYCLE, I saw a car turn left off of Union onto 5th and head my way.  The wrong way.  By the time the driver and her car reached me (it didn't take long!) as I was straddling my bike at the outer edge of a parking space on 5th near Warren, she was visibly angry that I was in her way telling her to turn around.  So, she drove around me, with just enough room to do so.  A second or two later, though, she had to stop her car to allow a family of four to make it safely across the crosswalk at Warren.  (The family had the right of way, I guess.)  The driver was probably angry about that delay, too. 

More Unforeseen Problems, Questions and Expenses Regarding Those $10,000 Parking Kiosks!

 

Who ever could have guessed that little plastic bags of dog shit on top of our precious $10,000 parking kiosks (blocking the solar panels) would be an issue that HPD Parking Captain David Miller would have to contend with?

Charging AND Charged ($15)!

This simply should never be allowed!  And there needs to be a parking ticket created to combat it.  It might be called DANGEROUS AND UGLY STUPID SHIT DISRESPECTFUL ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING.  $300!

Who Is The Slob At DPW? (Part Five)

Just over two months ago, much to Captain David Miller's delight, DPW did its best to rid the City Hall parking lot of any evidence that it once served its customers with good ol' fashioned parking meters (along with a big helping of what Tom Depietro twice announced as the city's primary malady: "The Tyranny of the Quarter").  I happened to be passing through the lot on a not-so-cold day in March when I came across a DPW crew of 4 or 5 guys filling the several holes (30, I believe) where the meter poles once stood on the black asphalt island in the middle of the lot.  They were using a grey product, likely a quick concrete mix of some sort.  I could see that the mix was too wet, and I knew that what was spilling beyond the holes would not be removed by rain or snow anytime soon.  They didn't seem to care they were making a mess, and since neither Rob Perry nor his foreman, Frank Rogers, were around to keep the results from looking too messy, I guess it didn't matter to anyone at DPW what the island in the city's largest and busiest downtown parking lot looks like.

A Sign Of What's To Come To Hudson? (Garbage News)

 

By one dollar, the Columbia County Solid Waste Management Department just raised the price of each of the three garbage bags it sells to county residents.  Small bags are now $2 each; medium bags are $4 each; and large bags are $6.

The Next "Notice" May Not Be So "Polite"!

As far as I'm aware, the most recent public mention of creating a pair of residential parking permit systems -- one surrounding the Pocketbook business complex and one on Warren Street -- sounded something like this:  "We kind of dropped the ball on that."  (Which is to say, nothing!)  That update came in March or April from 1st ward council member and SAFETY Committee chair Henry Haddad after he was asked about the residential parking permits, and there have been no discussions about the idea since, not publicly at least. 

Hudson, The City That Wants You To Stand In The Street Staring At Your Phone With Your Back To Traffic And No Awareness Of Your Surroundings!