12-21-2018, 10:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-21-2018, 10:37 AM by danbrotherston.)
(12-21-2018, 08:19 AM)dtkmelissa Wrote: At the Dec 17th Kitchener Council meeting, Councillor Ioaniddis put forth a motion to allow boulevard parking (allowing cars to park on the paved part of a driveway between the sidewalk and street - if space allows) throughout Kitchener, during Dec 1st-Mar 31st each year. There was a pilot project in ward 5 a couple years ago and they now allow for it. After some discussion, the motion was removed and will be brought to Special Council on Jan 7th to allow councillors to obtain feedback from residents on this proposal. If you feel strongly about this, I'd encourage you to let your councillor know prior to Jan 7th.
Thanks for posting this!
I don't think this is the most critical issue in the city, but I believe this would make our cities worse. Aside from giving up more public property to private property storage, and giving people another reason to object to adding bike infra (as it would often take away the boulevard), and giving people more leeway to block the sidewalk, I believe it also makes the city a more unpleasant place to be. The most unpleasant neighbourhood I've ever been too was one in California, where every house was a cute Bungalow, with nice gardens and trees, where each house had 4-8 cars in front, the whole neighbourhood looked crowded and clogged with cars.