Kenton wrote:
>If Main Street is the "front" of downtown, "behind" are Washington and
>Jackson Streets. And I think Moscow has done a good job of developing
>parking in those areas -- especially along Jackson Street.
>The main parking "problem" downtown is one of perception -- the belief that
>if there isn't a parking space on Main (and in the same block as one's
>destination), there are no parking spaces anywhere.
>In fact, I can almost always find parking spaces within a block of Main
>Street:
>* On the west side of Washington just north of Sixth, near Gart Sports.
>(a good spot for going to the Beanery or Bookpeople).
>* On the north side of Fourth between Washington and Jefferson, just
>south of Third Street Marketplace.
>* On the south side of First between Main and Jackson, by the United
>Church, and on Jackson by First Federal.
>All of these are 3-hour spaces... If I need to leave my car downtown
>all day while catching the bus to Pullman, there are usually spaces on
>First near the Library, on Jackson north of First, and on Almon north
>of the Co-op.
>
>Admittedly, the city and Moscow Downtown Association have missed opportunities
>to expand the off-street parking capacity, like the lot along Washington
>at A where the couplet cuts through the block. (The Corner Club bought that
>property from the state for a song... the city didn't bid on it, I'm told.)
>And a downtown parking committee's recommendations for some innovative
>solutions (diagonal parking on 4th and 5th east of Main, making those
>streets one-way) have not been acted upon.
>City enforcement of the three-hour limit has increased the availability
>of spaces downtown, though it hasn't solved the need for employee and
>communter parking.
>
>--Kenton
>
Lori Keenan
110 S. Jefferson Street
Moscow, ID 83843
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