During the heavy tourist season in San Francisco a clicker reported illegal parking casuing congestion on Historic Lombard Street.
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/971
A number of clickers clicked that they wanted this fixed too and one commenter suggested that they make the "no parking" signs list a $300 fine for violations.
An enforcement supervisor closed the issue today after witnessing the problem and enforcing the parking with this comment:
"Thank you for bringing your concern regarding the illegal parking at 1001 Lombard Street to my attention. I am an Enforcement Supervisor with the Enforcement Division of the Municipal Transportation Agency (formerly DPT). My squad (the "587/588 Detail") responds to complaints that come in from citizens such as yourself. After receiving your e-mail, I had one of my officers respond to this location on a daily basis to enforce illegal parking. He was able to see first hand the problem you witnessed. He made it a point of getting all vehicles parked illegally to move so as to not create further congestion. Unfortunately, a situation like this really requires 24/7 monitoring and we just do not have the personnel available for that. I am aware that as soon as my officer has left the area, the problem would re-occur. My officer is still making daily visits to this area but the problem has diminished due to the end of the tourist season."
If this doesn't work next season maybe they'll have to modify the no-parking signs.
Fixed for now with an alternative solution if this one fails.
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Tourist Parking
Sunday, November 30, 2008 - By Unknown - No comments
Olympia nieghborhood associations
Sunday, November 23, 2008 - By Unknown - No comments
A few neighborhood Associations in Olympia Washington have started to use SeeClickFix to document graffiti and get it fixed. Olympia neighborhood groups have closed 13 of their 25 issues so far.
In New Haven Graffiti issues were the issues were the first issues to be resolved and then the clicking and fixing grew from there.
It will be interesting to see what progresses in Olympia.
I'm sure the Pacific Northwest has its fair share of potholes...
SeeClickFix in San Francisco
Friday, November 21, 2008 - By Unknown - No comments
On September 7th Anna in San Francisco reported, "There are no ramps for accessible crossing on the corner of Broderick and Hayes. It makes it really hard for people that rely on wheelchairs or people pushing strollers."
A few days later Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi added the comment to the issue "Problem reported via 311. Site to be inspected and ramps may be installed."
San Francisco has an effective 311 system for reporting, but it does not yet allow for the public or Supervisors to view others' reported issues. In this case a Supervisor, who does receive alerts from the 311 system, was able to also be alerted, keep an eye on the issue and follow-up on his constituents concerns.
Today the Supervisor had a follow-up for the public, "Site inspected by DPW Bureau of Street Use & Mapping, request for ramp installation has been placed with DPW Disability Access"
Looks like a fix is on the way.
Dead Deer, Abandoned Boats and Fallen Trees
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - By Unknown - No comments
When there were multiple reports of an abandoned boat in East Rock Park in New Haven last week a few different users jumped on to offer their hand at removal.
Amongst them was "Friends of East Rock Park(F.E.R.P)" which is a group that uses a SeeClickFix watch area to keep an eye on the park that they voluntarily maintain.
In some cases FERP will go out and solve the problem themselves in others they will notify the parks department and follow up to let users know the issue has been resolved. Other issues reported in East Rock this week have included a dead tree fallen on a trail and a dead dear fallen on a road.
The Parks Department got the tree and the boat in record time according to users, we'll let you know the gory details if FERP decides to tackle the deer removal themselves.
SeeClickFix founders should stop being so nosey.
Monday, November 10, 2008 - By Unknown - No comments
In New Haven, the Yale shuttle bus has been a hot topic for the last week on SeeClickFix.
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1067
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1514
http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/1666
On three different streets in three different neighborhoods there have been multiple complaints on the same issue.
We at SeeClickFix believe that issues where there is not a fix should not remain open on the map. On the most recent Yale Shuttle complaint a clicker complains on nearly being hit by a bus,
"Yale Transit Bus Driver cutting corner on College and Elm. Narrowly killing a biker."
Not seeing a fix I commented that the issue would be closed.
Immediately the initial clicker responded with the date, time and location of the incident.
Shortly after came an anonymous clicker with lots of info as to how to report and close this issue:
"Please send as much info as possible on this incident to Donald, who runs the Yale transit system: donald.relihan@yale.edu. Based on exact time of day, driver description and other info, he should be able to track down the details and investigate. Yale uses a GPS system on its fleet.
I would close this ticket only after this incident has been reported to him."
Good point Anonymous. I'm glad to see that Yale has a fix in place. I'll be sure to butt out next time. :)
Sometimes things get fixed, Sometimes they don't. At least you know about it.
- By Unknown - No comments
On April 5th an issue was opened at an intersection in New Haven demanding traffic control and parking enforcement.(http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/48)
Since that date the issue goes unresolved but neighbors continue to push.
14 people have stated that they want the issue fixed since the creation date including most recently one individual who confesses to being one of the chronic illegally parked vehicles. From pedestrian in-road signs to stop signs to traffic lights to parking enforcement there have been many solutions suggested on the issue.
If one of these municipal solutions does not come soon enough at least neighbors can now communicate with the driver of the "big brown truck" that jeopardizes their safety.
Keep on pushing clickers!