Street Smarts reader Donn Franklin wonders if this is a “sign of the times.”
Franklin shared a photo of a north Everett pole with various parking signs.
“This is on northbound Rucker, just north of 26th, in front of the Salvation Army location,” Franklin wrote. “I have pondered it on several occasions for quite some time. … It is interesting to see people stop and get out to study this signage. Some stay. Some move on.
“Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to find out what the actual meaning is supposed to be and, just maybe, who thought anyone could actually make sense of this.”
The fact that the signs are angled a bit to be better seen by oncoming traffic doesn’t help. An arrow on the sign could lead one to think there’s no parking allowed in the Salvation Army driveway (and there’d be a lot of tickets handed out if that were the case).
That bit of rotation is confusing, conceded Marla Carter, a former spokeswoman for the city of Everett’s Public Works department.
“The signs are accurate,” Carter added, “and this is what they represent: The parking signs on Rucker at the Salvation Army show that to the north of the sign a 4-hour parking limit exists from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for residential parking zone (RPZ) 9 permit holders. To the south of the sign a 30-minute time limit exists from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and no RPZ permits are required to park there and RPZ permit holders cannot exceed the 30-minute time limit while it is in effect.”
There are other such doubled-up parking signs along this road.
With an arrow pointing to one direction, though, maybe another arrow is warranted for some added clarity.
Dare we say it? This post needs one more sign?
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