XPost: ba.transportation, alt.planning.urban, misc.transport.urban-transit   
   From: tscn@adelph.net   
      
   In article <84589925.0404161315.3c7811ac@posting.google.com>,   
    AllstonParkingRefugee@hotmail.com (Allston Parking Refugee) wrote:   
   > david_l_simpson@yahoo.com (Dave Simpson) wrote:   
   > > Robert  Cote wrote:   
   > > > Not enough parking is not reason enough to practice discrimination.   
   > >   
   > >   It is a problem, though, when you have outsiders who park all the   
   > > time in front of your home and your own guests have no place to park   
   > > as a result.   
   >   
   > Why are your guests more important than the "outsiders"?   
   >   
   > Besides the blatant discrimination against nonresidents, resident   
   > parking schemes also result in things like the local government   
   > telling residents that their guests can't stay more than 7 days in a   
   > row, or that they have to pay $3 for each guest, or that they can only   
   > have one carful of guests at a time, or that they can only have 15   
   > guests a year.   
      
   I'm just amazed that there are any State or Federal exceptions to the   
   non-discrimination Constitutional clauses based on residence.  Of course   
   there are not any exceptions.  This is just   
      
   > >   The other part of it is lack of respect, or outright laziness and   
   > > greed -- in my case, the homes have single-lane driveways long enough   
   > > to hold a column of four or even more vehicles (if there's a garage at   
   > > the end of the driveway).  What happens all too often where I live is   
   > > that the people simply park their vehicles instead all along the   
   > > street beside all their neighbors' homes -- for they are too lazy to   
   > > "juggle" (manage) multiple vehicles along a single-lane-wide driveway.   
   >   
   > And you think people who have driveways should have the exclusive   
   > right to park on the street, while people who live outside walking   
   > distance shouldn't be allowed to park there?   
      
   I think you misunderstand Simpson's point.  "Locals" squat on the public   
   right of way and leave their driveways empty.  On street parking is   
   allocated in part on the assumption that "locals" take care of their own   
   ongoing parking on their own property.  If the evidence indicates   
   otherwise I have no problem taking an additional 6 feet of front yard   
   for angle in parking.  See how fast they clean up their act with that.   
      
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