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ibrahimsafah t1_j1afl6l wrote

Reply to comment by Scrilla_Gorilla_ in Announcing the Expansion of the Outdoor Dining Program by BmoreCityDOT

Public space for storing private vehicles?

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SilentRhetoric t1_j1am868 wrote

The rightmost lane of a street is not only used for parking cars, but sometimes for driving, or biking, or walking, or athletic events, or parades, or block parties, or enabling construction access. If the restaurant has a (semi)permanent installation blocking other uses of that part of the public road, they have privatized a public asset and should pay to lease the space. Not sure why this would be controversial.

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ibrahimsafah t1_j1bdk3j wrote

Like the other folks said, let’s be honest, It’s always parking and rarely any of that other stuff you mentioned. Parking is the number one complaint about them.

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SaveFailsafe t1_j1b6g60 wrote

Like 1 day out of the year its not used for parking...c'mon let's be real. It's parking. Always has been.

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_j1ayqbk wrote

Thank you for saying that in a politer way than I would have.

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_j1ayxej wrote

What u/silentrhetoric said. Do you disagree?

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ibrahimsafah t1_j1bdoe1 wrote

I agree with his points but the argument is disingenuous because it’s ALWAYS about parking

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_j1bllfv wrote

My issue with them is less the parking and more the driving. The ones outside Lee’s Pint and Shell for example extended so far into the road it made driving past an issue.

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TerranceBaggz t1_j1elh63 wrote

That’s because Lee’s Pint and shell did theirs without permits and they were illegal. I know this because I was with the two women from the city who issue/approve the parklets looking at O’Donnell square. When I mentioned the one at Lees and said it was posing a problem for the busses who use that route, they said they didn’t apply for a parklet and immediately walked up to check it out. Eventually they were forced to take it down.

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