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City to end parking in some German Village alleys
By GARY SEMAN JR.
ThisWeek Community News
Tuesday May 15, 2012 9:28 AM

The city of Columbus wants to put an end to parking in some alleys in German Village. Based on complaints from residents and refuse workers, the Department of Public Service said it intends to post no parking signs on portions of Rader, Purdy, Blackberry and Macon alleys, and an unnamed alley west of Jaeger Street.

READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/germanvillage/news/2012/05/07/web-alleyparking.html

Posted 1 year ago #
leftovers

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I know some people who are going to be very unhappy about this, but having hard to find parking is pretty common in a lot of large cities.

Posted 1 year ago #
JimL2

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leftovers said:
I know some people who are going to be very unhappy about this, but having hard to find parking is pretty common in a lot of large cities.

you know what else is common in a lot of large cities?

Posted 1 year ago #
Pickerington_Kyle

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JimL2 said:
you know what else is common in a lot of large cities?

People? Traffic? Complainers?

Posted 1 year ago #
sirlancelot

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City needs to add permit parking on Franklin Avenue around the Davis Discovery Center and Kelton House. It's becoming impossible to park near home because visitors or downtown workers take parking spaces. Stressful enough with so many people sharing apartments, etc.

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Patch
Schumacher Place
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JimL2 said:
you know what else is common in a lot of large cities?

Pickerington_Kyle said:
People? Traffic? Complainers?

Chicks?

I wonder how the City will respond when people are parking on their private property next to the alley.

Posted 1 year ago #
cbus11

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Patch said:
Chicks?

I wonder how the City will respond when people are parking on their private property next to the alley.

tow trucks?

Posted 1 year ago #
futureman
Grandview Heights
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Bummer, there goes my super secret parking spot for when I go to Barcelona (Blackberry Alley).

Posted 1 year ago #
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Alleys to get no-parking signs
By Mark Ferenchik
The Columbus Dispatch
Thursday May 31, 2012 8:54 AM

Garbage trucks can’t get by them. Police cars have a hard time, too. The problem? Parked cars in a number of German Village alleys and narrow streets. The solution? The city will place no-parking signs in seven areas to keep traffic moving and help police enforce parking laws.

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/31/alleys-to-get-no-parking-signs.html

Posted 11 months ago #
leftovers

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Franklinton, just west of Downtown, has plenty of alleys, but no one is complaining about cars blocking traffic, said Matt Egner of the neighborhood’s area commission.

That was a weird thing to put in the article.

Posted 11 months ago #
cheap
Westgate
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leftovers said:
Franklinton, just west of Downtown, has plenty of alleys, but no one is complaining about cars blocking traffic, said Matt Egner of the neighborhood’s area commission.

That was a weird thing to put in the article.

that's called pulling something out of your ass,because you can't think of anything else to say

Posted 11 months ago #
Twixlen
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cheap said:
that's called pulling something out of your ass,because you can't think of anything else to say

Ha! Yes... really, an attempt to equate totally dissimilar alleys, totally dissimilar situations. Poor sap.

Posted 11 months ago #
misskitty
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leftovers said:
Franklinton, just west of Downtown, has plenty of alleys, but no one is complaining about cars blocking traffic, said Matt Egner of the neighborhood’s area commission.

That was a weird thing to put in the article.

They tossed that bit in there so residents of the west side will be less shocked when they start lining our alleys with no parking signs to make some money… I mean keep the alleys clear. LOL

Posted 11 months ago #
labi
Weinland Park
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misskitty said:
They tossed that bit in there so residents of the west side will be less shocked when they start lining our alleys with no parking signs to make some money… I mean keep the alleys clear. LOL

I dream of the day when Weinland Park is occupied and in-demand enough that we get to post no-parking signs in the alleys.

Posted 11 months ago #
mrpoppinzs
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labi said:
I dream of the day when Weinland Park is occupied and in-demand enough that we get to post no-parking signs in the alleys.

At the rate backyards are being paved above 7th you may not have to wait long.

I can see this becoming a problem in Weinland Park. Some of the alleys are pretty tight and the college kids seem to have an aversion to parking on the street.

Posted 11 months ago #
misskitty
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labi said:
I dream of the day when Weinland Park is occupied and in-demand enough that we get to post no-parking signs in the alleys.

I did not say anything about being in demand. Our alleys tend to get busy less with passing traffic more with people in general hanging out. Nothing good happens when a bunch of different people kick it in the alleys.

Posted 11 months ago #
Ricolla
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I wish they would do it on the Hilltop, I don't think it would have much effect though. For some reason the people that share my alley have an aversion to parking legally. They will park in front of garages, in the alley thru way, and on other people's parking pads. And they do this when there is more than adequate on street parking. I had to get a tow away sign (which has been surprisingly effective) because my jackass neighbors assummed what's mine is theirs. I wouldn't mind sharing but they never asked- once.

Posted 11 months ago #
lifeontwowheels
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Ricolla said:
I wish they would do it on the Hilltop, I don't think it would have much effect though. For some reason the people that share my alley have an aversion to parking legally. They will park in front of garages, in the alley thru way, and on other people's parking pads. And they do this when there is more than adequate on street parking. I had to get a tow away sign (which has been surprisingly effective) because my jackass neighbors assummed what's mine is theirs. I wouldn't mind sharing but they never asked- once.

My neighbor at least asked if he could park his clunker on what is technically my lot next to the garage.

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labi
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misskitty said:
I did not say anything about being in demand. Our alleys tend to get busy less with passing traffic more with people in general hanging out. Nothing good happens when a bunch of different people kick it in the alleys.

By occupied/in-demand, I meant that when a neighborhood is 25% vacant, there's plenty of room for people to park without impinging on the alleys. At least it's that way on my street. I'm looking forward to the day when that changes for WP.

I completely agree with "nothing good happens when a bunch of different people kick it in the alleys." I know several people in WP who won't park behind their houses because they consider it a no-go zone. (These same people bitch about visitors parking in "their" places on the street, but that's another topic.)

Posted 11 months ago #
cheap
Westgate
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alleys can be dangerous

years ago,my brother actually had one of his cars totalled when it was parked in the alley behind his house on Findlay.

an elderly lady was going so fast she turned his garage into a drive thru

i told him it was karma for stealing that Vette back in '66 and driving it through a garage

Posted 11 months ago #