09-14-2022, 09:35 PM
(09-13-2022, 09:03 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(09-13-2022, 05:35 PM)bravado Wrote: Opinion question for you people. This is the semi-new multi use trail on Franklin in Cambridge. This is a bit of a repeat offender. They had their "I'll just be 10 minutes" lights on, but it still made me a bit cranky.
Do they park there regularly? For how long?
I’m just curious because while I don’t like it, and we should have better approaches, I understand why trucks park for a few minutes in odd places. Just the other day I saw a truck parked in the bike trail on Erb at King; they were taking drywall into the former Hatashita Jewellers building on the corner. I didn’t like that, but I’m not sure what they should be doing instead. Although I do think that whatever they do, it should be permitted, by which I mean not “allowed” but rather “not done until they obtain a permit from the City”.
On the other hand, if that property just regularly parks their truck on the sidewalk all the time, it should be towed on site from now on.
Counterpoint: I don't understand parking in the bike lane and they should have been using/blocking 1/3 vehicular lanes with their vehicle. Just because the bicycle traffic is less and not going to hit and damage their truck doesn't mean its optional for them to block any more than the roadway.