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Re: Elected Officials Call for Extension of Q Line to Supplement Roosevelt Island |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Jan 26 11:11:12 2008, in response to Re: Elected Officials Call for Extension of Q Line to Supplement Roosevelt Island, posted by BMTLines on Sat Jan 26 10:34:28 2008. "they also exist to raise revenue for the state otherwise tax, traffic and parking laws could be significantly simplified...."Um... No. Most parking regulations are requested by the businesses along the street. They want parking spaces available in front of their establishments for customers. Owners, employees, and all day parkers are encouraged or required to park elsewither. In North Dakota, parking meters are illegal. Why? Because businessmen petitioned the legislature to make it so. In Dickinson, the business group got the city to pass regulations prohibiting owners and employees from parking on the street. They must use municipal parking that is further away. In Bismarck, the business group got the city to place a 1 hour limit on downtown parking, AND to hire enforcement officers to patrol the streets. They drive down the streets in a little cart, and paint a stripe on the tire tread. An hour later they come down the street again, and ticket any vehicle that still has a stripe on the tire. NOT because the city needs the money, although the money *does* help pay for the enforcement, but because the businessmen want a turnover of traffic in front of their businesses. Otherwise the city would not bother with time limits of fine collections. And other citizens have supported this because 1) they want to be able to find a parking place to shop downtown; and 2) because they think that having a vibrant downtown is better than driving to the big box stores out by the edges of town. ROAR |
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