Residential parking shakedown

**Joseph C. Krause** · August-12-11, 10:16 AM

Tuesday or Wednesday, "NO PARKING -- POLICE ORDER" signs were posted on my block for Thursday. So yesterday, everybody moved their cars a block away. No work of any kind was done and I spotted a parking violations car, an unusual sight for Corktown. Posting unexpected parking rules on a residential street when it isn't for snow removal, roadwork, street cleaning, or even a film shoot... that's pretty sleazy.

**Scottathew** · August-12-11, 10:21 AM

Perhaps it was to get all the broken down and unused cars off the streets.

Steve bennet · August-12-11, 11:58 AM

I blame Obama.

**j to the jeremy** · August-12-11, 12:04 PM

That could have been for bike lanes getting installed, were you on 10th street?

Here's a list of all the street closures for this week
http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2011/08/1...hwest-detroit/

**Joseph C. Krause** · August-12-11, 12:13 PM

I live on Bagley near The Lodge. I have seen maps showing that this stretch of street is to be part of the bike lane and greenway system, but I haven't seen a recent map that shows clearly whether Bagley will get bike lanes all the way to 6th.

In any case, hooray for bike lanes, but no work was done here.

**Gannon** · August-12-11, 01:32 PM

I'm waiting for the self-righteous nits to come a'-pickin' at ya for disobeying a posted notice...LOL.

I DO believe you are right, though.

Let's see if they do this in other neighborhoods...it could develope into a class-action.

**gazhekwe** · August-12-11, 01:49 PM

They used to do this regularly. I worked in the Plaza Building, and I would get to work and park on LaBrosse or somewhere. Get back after work and find a ticket that I parked in a No Parking zone. What? Pop-up signs after work starts. Clever fund raiser for the City. That was way back before the state bought the GM Building.