Reply to The Moorburg Letter
232 Sycamore Street
August 29
Dear Editor:
To begin my response to the Moorburg Letter, I would like to say that it is written in our
constitution that people are free and the streets are made for the people. It seems not the smartest
thing to do to prohibit 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. parking.
1- This first argument does not consider the fact that the streets are for people’s use, and
I’m certain that non-permanent guests in my house are more than welcome to park in
front of the same. There is no point on prohibiting those spots on night times when
traffic is low to none on our streets.
2- There is a good point when we talk about afternoon parking. The traffic is extremely
intense in the rush hours and a study of when and where traffic is concentrated along
with an afternoon time restriction would ease the problem. Although, the 2 a.m. to 6
a.m. seems not to be the best restriction time because there are days when the streets
are empty, giving no reason to forbid parking on the streets around this period of
time.
3- I disagree with this suggestion. The streets are wide enough to support 6 a.m. shifters
and although traffic is slow, people hardly ever get to work late.
4- I can give you an example of why I disagree with this 4th argument. Imagine I have
someone visiting my house for the night: some friends or a few family members. I
don’t have enough spots in my garage, but from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. the streets are
vacant, deserted. There is no reason for us to prohibit parking when it is of no need.
Renan H Fuentes