Angle-in Parking? BRILLIANT!

It looks like The Urban Society may have finally gotten through to City Hall with their innovative idea to increase parking in the Crossroads. A multi-level parking garage? Underground lots? Nope! How about good old-fashioned angle-in parking? You know. Like you used to see on Main Street USA when pedestrians still had a fighting chance and the automobile was still an afterthought when it came to running errands. By allowing angle-in parking along Baltimore from 20th to the south freeway loop the amount of on-street parking can be doubled from 100 to 200 spaces. One of The Urban Society's founding members, Kevin Klinkenberg even suggested that his group would be willing to do a portion of the work. I'm assuming that would be the planning, since Kevin and a couple of the other members are architects. That would be a significant savings from the City's estimated $22,000 the project will cost. This is all well and good, until you realize how long the Urban Society has been lobbying the City. I think it was about 2 years ago when I first saw Dave Scott give a presentation on this idea. Two years! For a hundred parking spaces! Fortunately The Urban Society is not a group that accepts the "this is the way we've always done it" mentality at City Hall. I like these guys. I look forward to hearing more out of them.