You thought there weren't enough parking spots in your city...

"GreenN_Gold" (GreenN_Gold) 09/25/2013 at 16:24 • Filed to: None

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...but you were wrong. There is such an overabundance of parking that we've decided as a people to turn parking spots into little teeny tiny parks! Coming to a city near you.

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/se…

UserNotFound > GreenN_Gold 09/25/2013 at 16:31

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Burn it all.

trynthink > GreenN_Gold 09/25/2013 at 17:01

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As soon as I saw the no parking A-frame sign, I thought "is this Seattle?!"

Seattle is already home to several pocket parks, why bother with this? Then again, I've never really found that the city has a shortage of parallel parking spaces either.

GreenN_Gold > trynthink 09/25/2013 at 17:11

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Those signs are rather ubiquitous in the Seattle area. There is an area provided to write dates on them, but however it is/was supposed to work seems to be worn out. Now they just stick a standard sheet of paper on it that is too small to read until you get out of your car.

GreenN_Gold > trynthink 09/25/2013 at 17:12

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And you must be a wizard, because I can never find a spot. I usually end up driving out a ways and walking several blocks. Thankfully I'm still young-ish.

trynthink > GreenN_Gold 09/25/2013 at 17:19

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It's better than the approach I've seen in DC, where they put the piece of paper on a nearby post, which sometimes means you have to lean back and forth around the post to read the text.

I think parking demand and availability varies pretty greatly by neighborhood and time of day. I was usually looking at night or on weekends, and in general, I expect to walk a few blocks. I guess in my experience there are fewer arcane restrictions and faster turnover than in some other cities.

Dirty Harry Callahan > GreenN_Gold 09/26/2013 at 07:03

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Awww.... dry your eyes son, been dealing with it since '05 here in San Francisco.

PARK(ing) Day

GreenN_Gold > Dirty Harry Callahan 09/26/2013 at 11:24

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I'm aware.