Jen Belton and others on the Parking Study Committee (and, likely, whoever is in charge of the new Parking Bureau) are expecting those who park in the City Hall lot -- wherever they might park -- to then walk to a kiosk on the sidewalk just outside of the entrance along Columbia Street. Most of those people will be doing a lot of walking in the lot, a whole lot more than any meter ever forced them to! They will be crossing the entrance/exit area inside the lot where they can quickly and easily find themselves within feet of all sorts of turning vehicles entering and exiting the lot, with drivers focused on avoiding other cars, not necessarily people walking in the lot, including inside the entrance/exit area and on the sidewalk. This is exactly what we do not want. This is absolutely stupid and fucking inconsiderate, and people using the lot are going to be annoyed as hell at the hassle and time wasted to pay to park their car in the lot for an hour or three.
Once parkers have paid for their space -- unless they are headed to the farmers market or points west -- they will then have to walk across the entire parking lot (perhaps for the second time) to reach the alley and then the walkway to Warren Street, the destination for nearly everyone who parks in that lot.
Welcome to the FRIENDLY CITY!
Commence meter removal, rid the city of the TYRANNY OF THE QUARTER and welcome ugly technology as Hudson tries its best to get as much money as possible out of every parking space it can.
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| I hope the "sign" for the 10 dead and missing upper Union Street trees remains! |
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