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The001Keymaster t1_j38a8yu wrote

Painting lines doesn't make more parking it makes less. That's why they don't paint lines. The lines need to be 24 feet apart by code. That number is off the top of my head without looking up the codes. I think it's correct. Most cars aren't that big. So with lines you end up with cars that have 2 feet in front and back of them wasting all that parking space. Without lines those gaps get filled in.

The illegal parking is a separate issue.

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MilgateMafia OP t1_j38ai32 wrote

Given how poorly people park, aka not parking close enough to people either in front or behind them, I still think it could be a net positive.

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The001Keymaster t1_j38bd0k wrote

That is true, but lines won't counter stupid people either. Sometimes that space that appears to be left is because a car left and a smaller car came. Sometimes it's because people are dumb and can't park.

Yes, sometimes without lines you get a strange half a space. Maybe a big truck left a spot and a mini Cooper parked there. There'd be extra space that's unusable.

Logistically without lines sometimes you lose space because cars vary in size. With lines you almost always lose space. It's the choice of always waste a little space or occasionally waste a bigger half space. They go with occasionally and no lines.

I'm certainly not trying to debate this. Just explaining the city's logic in why there isn't lines.

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1ll1l1ll1l1l1l1l1ll1 t1_j3bz41i wrote

The City could probably fund a full time parking enforcement officer with fines from illegal parking at the corner near where I live, what with parking right under a stop sign or directly in front of a fire hydrant. Enforcement is the issue. People do this crap because they get away with it.

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The001Keymaster t1_j3cm8qs wrote

I always say if I was a cop, I could end the cities homeless problem just by writing jaywalking tickets.

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