Maybe the city should just meter those spots.
Today's moment of grumpy-old-man-style parking crankiness: It's remarkable that people can park right in the middle of State Street in downtown Albany for a length of time without a getting a ticket.
It's not like they're hard to miss. They're right in the middle of the street.
That is all.
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Re: your photo caption. The city should turn the center into an island, all of it, with trees.
... said ethan on Feb 24, 2012 at 4:33 PM | link
@ethan: That'd be great.
... said Greg on Feb 24, 2012 at 4:45 PM | link
The city should just give out special windshield stickers to VIPs that allow for this "middle-of-the-street" median parking. Oh, wait, they tried that already....
... said Bob on Feb 24, 2012 at 4:53 PM | link
@Bob: Heh. It's a post-bullseye world. I snapped this pic a week ago on Lodge Street near the county judicial center:
It's a parking ticket on the windshield of a vehicle displaying an expired police placard.
... said Greg on Feb 24, 2012 at 5:02 PM | link
Come to think of it, the city still has time to "jerrymander" the residential parking permit zone to include medians.
... said Bob on Feb 24, 2012 at 5:17 PM | link
I just thought it was some grand Albanian tradition to let people park there!
... said Jessica R on Feb 24, 2012 at 5:24 PM | link
I genuinely thought you could legally park there after 6pm and on weekends. Not sure why I thought that.
... said Mirdreams on Feb 24, 2012 at 6:34 PM | link
I had always assumed that those cars had received the blessing of the parking enforcement gods, and that the parking enforcement gods were somehow partial to shiny black vehicles.
... said Betty Jones on Feb 24, 2012 at 7:32 PM | link
In Troy people seem to think they can just park in the middle of the streets without medians. On my street everyone seems to think "No Parking Any Time" means "Park Under This Sign."
... said James on Feb 24, 2012 at 9:42 PM | link
they arn't really Laws; they're only suggestions !
... said RICK Harrienger on Feb 25, 2012 at 2:49 PM | link
I got a ticket for parking in the median on State. It was a weekday, mid-afternoon. Went inside the Bank of American on State and Pearl to use the ATM. Ended up paying a $50 transaction fee on a $20 withdraw.
... said Ed on Feb 25, 2012 at 4:25 PM | link
@mirdreams I thought that too....
... said Emily on Feb 25, 2012 at 7:17 PM | link
Ethan's idea is great. But since they just spent a ton of money revamping State Street, I wouldn't count on any further improvements any time soon.
... said Summer on Feb 26, 2012 at 2:54 PM | link
A ton of money revamping State Street and its still a piece of crap....
... said Ron on Feb 27, 2012 at 9:14 AM | link
I certainly wouldn't go so far as to call it crap.
... said Summer on Feb 27, 2012 at 12:07 PM | link
I used to work down there. There are tons of meter maids (?) that patrol the area. I've seen more arguments between ticketees and ticketors over tickets issued in that median than I can count.
I imagine they must write 10-20 tickets each weekday just for that area.
... said Kerosena on Feb 27, 2012 at 12:49 PM | link
They seem to tolerate it on sundays (during church services) and during events at the TU Center. I think parking should be allowed there, though, since they eliminated spots outside the bank to make the hugest sidewalk ever. I still think that's to accommodate the smokers at OSC.
... said meierrain on Feb 28, 2012 at 10:14 PM | link