"Voluntary" snow emergency in Troy
Troy has called a "voluntary snow emergency" -- and is asking people to park on the even side starting at 8 am Thursday, and then flipping to the odd side at 8 am on Friday. This snow sort-of-emergency is notable in that Troy hasn't called an actual snow emergency since forever (OK, it was 1999). The Troy Record editorial board last month called for the city to start using the special snow removal rules again.
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I live near RPI, where many student's still haven't bothered digging out their cars since BEFORE Christmas break. "Voluntary" around here will likely mean "not-gonna-happen."
... said James on Feb 1, 2011 at 5:35 PM | link
I second the notion that this is going to be a spectacular failure.
I also question why they cannot muster the resources to tow car that don't comply to a real snow emergency (which every other city around here will be doing), yet they tow cars every week night if you happen to be parked on the wrong side downtown when they clean the streets.
... said skfl on Feb 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM | link
Wrong link above. The Troy Record editorial is (I think) here.
BTW, the Record's editorial page could use an editor. And a proofer. And maybe a writer. Reads like a blog.
LQ
Editors: Copy/paste fail. Fixed. Thanks.
... said Lou Quillio on Feb 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM | link
Reads like a blog.
This is actually more interesting than I'd thought. Probably the editorials in a metro area's second-tier papers have always been slow, lackluster and sloppy ... blog-like, you could say, loose. Accounts for their doom.
LQ
... said Lou Quillio on Feb 3, 2011 at 12:11 AM | link