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The signs say "Park," what do you expect people to do?
The frustration here is that the common refrain whenever somebody proposes a bike lane anywhere is, "It's bad for business! Where will their customers park?!"
It's completely bogus, which a snowstorm makes manifest: Without the snow, we can pretend that these cars belong to the drivers allegedly stopping to patronize local businesses. With the snow, we see the truth that space is here used by three people to store their private property for a week. This example illustrates why experience shows, over and over, people walking and biking are better for business than people in cars. Hundreds, or even thousands, of potential customers who can easily stop in, versus drivers (non-customers) who are so close, but so far away.
In short, it's not that people did what the city intended, it's that the city is kneecapping itself.
I live near Seattle. We don't get snow much. But when we do people avoid driving in it because they lack experience and a lot of roads just don't get cleared.
So, those couple days are like a car free paradise. It's so quiet. I can walk around with my kid and not worry about cars. Seriously, hang out with a two year old for a day and you'll realize how much of our world is literally just a death trap. When it snows and no one is driving it's just so peaceful.
and have some gnarly ridgelines and hills all over the city.
Swing, go down slides, play some games involving balls, tag?