Council members agreed to reconsider a Regional Transportation Commission plan to replace street-side parking on Plumas Street between Urban Road and Moana Lane with a bike lane after a homeowner who lives in the area told them he wasn't given enough notification before the plan went to the city.
"Ultimately, I like the idea of a bike lane, but if this happens this fall without any time for me to do anything about it, I have no where to park," said Jonathan Browning, 33.
This is the area we're talking about. I used to ride this regularly as part of the commute to my previous job. It was so bad that I usually opted for a circuitous route through the side streets to the east. While this solved the traffic problems I would strongly argue with the gentleman's argument above, that he won't have a place to park, is ridiculous. This section of Plumas is a mixed bag of apartment housing (with parking lots) and residential homes (with driveways). The golf club and tennis club on the opposite side of the street also have adequate parking. If anyone doesn't have enough parking, it's probably because there are items stored in the their private parking locations (other cars, boats, rvs, etc.).
Enough with the assumption that public space should be utilized for pseudo-private, subsidize parking (it's free and tax payer dollar maintain it)! The Reno city council shouldn't be "revisiting" RTC planning due to one person's gripe that he can't find alternate parking before later this fall!
Sorry for all the exclamation points. This type of thing really does bend me out of shape.
He won't have any place to park...that is 10 feet from his front door.
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