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Parking Problems Near LBCC
By Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske | November 13, 2008
So what’s new? Students don’t like to park in school parking lots and instead head for the nearest neighborhood. I googled this problem and found that every major city in the US with a college is having the same problems.
Back to Long Beach. Last night we had the second in a series of meetings with residents north of Centralia and south of Carson who are inundated with student cars (and I might add rude behavior by students who dump garbage and make comments when asked not to block driveways). We are working with our Traffic Engineer to find a solution to the problem. Some residents want preferential parking which limits the parking to only residents; others want a 1 hour restriction — which also limits how long a resident can park.
Kudos to LBCC for sending Mark Taylor who talked about LBCC’s plan for a parking structure and the college’s willingness to work with the community and be a “Good Neighbor.”
The residents are deciding which path they want to take on the parking problem. On December 9th, they are joining me on attending the Board of Trustees meeting at LBCC so that we can bring their issues directly to governing board.
Topics: Parking, City Council, LBCC |
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