Comments on: You Be The Judge On 8th Street

By: Flyhead

Flyhead — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:25:42 +0000

Tick off enough people and pretty soon there won’t be any cars to occupy parking downtown. It will be a “back to the future” deal where they go the other direction with free parking downtown.

By: RUSH2112

RUSH2112 — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:46:54 +0000

CCDC employs a bunch of jackasses as parking enforcers. I worked for a major delivery company. CCDC wanted my company to pay an unholy amount of money for a parking permit. We would stay on 8th for about 15 minutes delivering. I would “get into it” with their “parking enforcers” quite a bit. Once, they threatened to boot our delivery truck-to which I said, “your tenants will get their deliveries late”. The point is, CCDC is a bunch of greedy bastards.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 06:14:16 +0000

And he rides his bike illegal on the sidewalk.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 06:08:12 +0000

JJ, The meter guy on the bike is sneaky and somewhat of a jerk

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:34:02 +0000

At this point, I feel like Boise should just eliminate all parking on downtown streets. Just eliminate it. Paint bike lanes or add another traffic lane. I just get the vibe that street parking is not liked by the city and is just a tool for raising revenue via fines, as opposed to a convenience for consumers.

By: New to Boise

New to Boise — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:03:10 +0000

@Robert: Really?

Just because someone doesn’t agree with you on one thing means they must disagree with you on everything? Someone who thinks like that must lead a sad and pathetic life full of manufactured controversy.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:20:13 +0000

I do not think it is a trap, nor do I think the city is being sneaky, this person is the “victim” of just bad service or policy. I believe the best practice is for the meter to be hooded and the hood have a no parking message. With active enforcement the city has staff in the field. A backpack with several meter hoods and the meter enforcement staff placing the hood on at 6 am and removing it at 10 am would not be difficult, just requires a higher commitment to service from the city.

EDITOR NOTE–JJ, Nicely stated. We have to agree with you. Let’s see how they respond.

By: Mame

Mame — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:03:51 +0000

Bet it was the same black shiny sleek car that I’ve seen parked at those 8th St delivery only meters. This time the driver was caught. Scofflaws need to pay the piper.
I’m not new to BOI either. That section of 8th St has so many businesses that need to get their deliveries without cars in the way forcing trucks to block the street.

I’m adding a bit for bikers who block handicap parking on occasion on Bannock & 8th St coffee corner:

Headline: Biker runs down 71 year old pedestrian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/jul/24/san-francisco-cyclist-manslaughter
“Bucchere, a software engineer from San Francisco had been riding recklessly and had run three red lights when he struck Hui as he and his wife crossed a street in the Castro district of San Francisco on 29 March 2012, prosecutors said.”
(Took em a while for the court process, eh?)
“Under the unusual plea deal last week, Chris Bucchere, 37, would not serve any jail time.”
What? for killing a pedestrian?

I’ve almost been hit by bikers riding on sidewalks because they don’t let you know they are behind you. All 3 times, if I’d moved a bit, I’d have been hit.

Cheap thrills, bikers?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:23:06 +0000

Now if you were ( New to Boise) this would be acceptable.

By: Grumpy ole guy

Grumpy ole guy — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 03:08:54 +0000

The Rubric of “ignorance of the law” being no excuse is just so much BS, yes, it is posted; but, no, the posting is not sufficient in this
case. Both signs need to be posted on both sides of the meter. Any grade school teacher could have told them that, if asked. Shame on who ever is responsible for this outrage on the public. Shame upon us for allowing it.