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Providence On The Verge Of Lifting Overnight Parking Ban — But Needs Your Help
4:15AM ON
08/01/2011
BY
Arthur
We’ve written about this extensively over the years: Ending the overnight parking ban would increase city revenues, decrease the rate at which the city gets paved over, and just make a lot of people’s lives a hell of a lot easier. The City Council is debating whether to expand the (successful) pilot program — now in its fifth year — to cover the whole city. They need to hear from Providence residents right away:
You can send an email to the Mayor and Council by clicking here.
And there’s a very active Facebook group here.
August 1st, 2011 at 5:40AM
Nancy Green Says:
Yes! I would gladly pay for a permit to be able to park by my front door.
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August 1st, 2011 at 6:55AM
Resident Permit Parking | Kmareka.com Says:
[...] Providence Daily Dose has an update on the parking situation in our lovely city, where you may still see barns and hitching posts, but dare not leave your car on the street overnight. [...]
August 1st, 2011 at 3:12PM
Barbara Rosenbaum Says:
I totally support the lifting of the overnight parking ban in Providence. It’s about tome.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 9:14AM
b Says:
but does this mean someone will train the garbage men to actually pick up garbage cans that are “blocked” by cars? Our local truck can’t seem to do that whenever someone who doesn’t know about the (unposted in this neighborhood) parking ban parks by our house?
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August 2nd, 2011 at 7:29PM
susan dando Says:
I think it’s a good idea to allow parking in the street for the ruining of lawns with the paving over,etc.
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August 10th, 2011 at 4:34PM
mangeek Says:
In civilized places, there’s a parking ban during trash pickup, and the street sweeping follows shortly after.
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August 12th, 2011 at 10:47AM
Eva Says:
The parking ban is a pain, I agree. But I have to say that it’s really nice that our streets are not overrun with parked cars at night. In the 24 years I’ve lived here, I’ve seemed to manage with the overnight parking ban.
Another concern: when it snows, getting the snowplow trucks or emergency vehicles through some of our narrower streets would be a nightmare in the winter.
The overnight parking ban is what keeps our neighborhood much more liveable. Compare it to a place where cars are parked back to back night and day- it’s not the same. In student-dense neighborhoods, where there are typically more dwellers per building, it could be significantly change the quality of life.
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August 19th, 2011 at 5:01AM
Providence City Council set to end ban on overnight parking | WPRI.com Blogs Says:
[...] Providence Daily Dose) Tags: overnight parking, providence, taveras [...]
August 19th, 2011 at 3:14PM
Liam Says:
$100 to park in front of my own house that I pay taxes on is insane. This is a 400% increase over the current $25 a year for a permit. This is ridiculous.
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