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06/10/08 11:20 PM
Enjoy Volunteer Park Car-Free
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What's the goal?
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While I think it's great to encourage people to drive less, I'm not sure how impactful making Volunteer Park car-free for a day or two a week really is. It's not like car-traffic IN the park is a huge blocker from people enjoying the park. Is it? Maybe it is for some people. What do we actually accomplish by making the park car-free? I guess I should go to the meeting to find out... :) |
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pffft
June 11, 2008
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parked with the engine running and the radio on.
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| maybe the cruisers who just sit in their cars down by the path / tennis courts will actually have to get out. | |
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mattw
June 11, 2008
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spit shine
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| What about all those dudes who need a place to detail their cars? | |
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linder seattle
June 11, 2008
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RE: spit shine
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| Seriously, I do see dudes parked in the park with their engine hoods up, working on their cars. Am I a total rube to think there must be some need for an open area for people to work on their cars? It's kind of elaborate if these mechanics have ulterior motives. | |
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jseattle
June 11, 2008
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Tp put it in context
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| They're only proposing "one weekday and one weekend day each week ", not a total all summer long ban! That should not inconvenience all the people who need the asphalt in the parks too much. | |
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Andrew Taylor
June 11, 2008
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Weddings in the park
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On a more serious note, there are many weddings on weekends during the summer in Volunteer Park (either at the museum and/or near the dahlias). Restricting parking that impacts long-planned weddings and then creates massive parking hassles around the park really doesn't sound like something that is going to improve the climate to say the least. Oh, and J, yes you are a total rube. And yes those are ulterior motives. |
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linder seattle
June 11, 2008
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"working" on your car in the park
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By the way, not that many laws are enforced in the park (except unleashed dogs - a debate for another day) working on your car on a city street is actually illegal (unless your car is so disabled it needs work to operate): SMC 11.72.355 Servicing vehicles in street. No person shall park a vehicle in any street or alley to service such vehicle by supplying such vehicle with gasoline, oil or water; or by changing or renewing the tires thereof; or by washing the same; or by repairing the same in any manner which leaves the vehicle on the street or alley in an inoperable condition: Provided, however, that necessary service may be rendered to a vehicle so disabled that the same cannot be operated under its own power or without damage or injury thereto. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/code1.htm |
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linder seattle
June 11, 2008
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I confess!
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| I washed my car in the street! I'm a criminal. To whom should I surrender? | |
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Andrew Taylor
June 11, 2008
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You should just beg forgiveness from mother nature.
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The washing the car thing in the street is a real issue and it creates a lot of really nasty runoff. If you use biodegradable, frienly detergents, it's a bit better. But you still get a lot of oil/gas into the water. (Excuse me while I go hug a tree). |
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June 11, 2008
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