uh, i don't get it. this is why those signs exist. there is no parking 7-4 school days so teachers can park there. this is a non issue as far as i'm concerned.

Again, look at how wide this sidewalk is. A perfect solution would be to cut the sidewalk to half it's size, make the entire block angle parking only, and also Teachers only during school hours.

This would still leave enough room for pedestrians, while also providing extra parking for teachers during school hours, and parking for residents of the neighborhood after school hours.

As noted in post above, the reaons these signs exist is so kids cfan getdropped off at the curb rat5her than in the middle of the street. Are either of you guys parents?

I wouldn't reject the idea of reducing the sidewalk out of hand, but I would gerrymander the work so that those trees were not cut down. If you lived on that block I doubt you would disagree.

Curbside bus spots should also be part of the solution, it's called compromise. And yes, I agree that the trees should stay also. But thats not a probelm, just make the spaces between the trees, and every few spots, a tree would be there instead (if you build the curb properly, then the trees and roots will the safe).

And what does me being a parent have to do with parking issues?

A parent would recognize that it is more important to allow kids to disembark at the curb by protecting the portion of the curbside space right in front of the door to the school from poaching by teachers, who have a designated area for them further up the block. And I would like to see how many of these teachers could use public transportation (subway is a couple blocks away) instead of driving, before we go taking sidewalk space away from kids and use it to build more parking spaces.

Just because I don't have kids does not make my opinion any less important (and the funny thing is, we are agreeing, and you're still insulting me, saying I can't recognize something just because I'm not a parent). And seriously, this city is no place to raise a kid. You want door to door unobsructed pick up and drop off, move! Leave this city. You'll get plenty of that in the country, and as an added bonus, you won't have to worry about how other people park their cars anymore.

14', I'm not insulting you and you know it. Just check some of my earlier posts and the commentary calling me a homosexual because I'm trying to stop illegal parking, and you'll know what insults are. I was wondering whether you were a parent b/c you seem not to care about the impact of the illegal parking (or sidewalk reductions next to schools) on kids.

As far as the city being no place to raise a kid, I was raised in the city, on West 93rd St. & Broadway. Things were a lot different then. Things have changed. Tens of thousands of parents are choosing to raise their kids in the city. Those parents are making a difference in how all of the public infrastructure that affects kids are run--schools, playgrounds, parks, buses, and streets. Your advice to me and these other parents is to get out of the city, it is no place to raise a kid, because the convenience of public employees parking their cars has to come first?

Sorry, I'm not convinced.