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Busy roads on tap this week, through summer
Santa Cruz will start the month of June with some traffic and parking issues related to events and construction. First, the AIDS/Life Cycle Bicycle Ride, which pulled into town from San Francisco Sunday will head out early Monday via Highway … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, Bicycling, CHP, parking, public works, public works projects, Santa Cruz Public Works, Uncategorized
Tagged AIDS, bicycles, parking, public works, transportation
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EV chargers getting damaged by users, replacement pending
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I am noticing the EV chargers in downtown Santa Cruz are slowly disappearing. One by one, they are breaking and not being repaired. I drive an EV and one of the major incentives was free charging … Continue reading
Posted in AAA, alternative transportation, CHP, consumer affairs, designated driver, driver education, Driver safety, Driving impaired, DUI, electric vehicle, EV, Highway 152, highways, holiday, law enforcement, merging, parking, Public safety, road trip, roads, Santa Cruz, speed, traffic laws, traffic safety, transportation, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged AAA, charging stations, drunk drivers, DUI, electric vehicles, EV, free parking, holiday travel, Labor Day travel, parking, Santa Cruz, transportation
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Parking remains free for disabled placard, license plate holders
Dear Street Smarts, Q: With all the talk of parking meter rate increases in Santa Cruz, how will this effect those with handicap parking placards or plates? Have not seen that mentioned in any of the Sentinel articles. Thanks, Jack … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, Bicycling, California Vehicle Code, child passenger safety, children, consumer affairs, disabled access, disabled parking, disabled placards, driver education, Driver safety, law enforcement, parking, pedestrians, police, Public safety, Right-of-Way, Santa Cruz Police, speed, traffic laws, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged children, cyclists, disabled, heat stroke, hot cars, multiuse path, parking, pedestrians, Segway, trail, transportation, West Cliff Drive
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The Street Smarts of saving street parking spaces, opening barricaded roads
Dear Street Smarts, Q: You might suggest that your reader who is having trouble parking on the street in front of his or her home take a swing by Monarch Way on the Westside of Santa Cruz. A resident there … Continue reading
Posted in consumer affairs, noise, parking, road closure, roads, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, traffic, traffic laws, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged parking, road closure, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley
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Neighbors hog all street parking, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: There is plenty of open parking space on the street where we live. Unfortunately, both next door neighbors have a gazillion cars and squeeze us out of parking in front of our home. We have one … Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bicycle, bicycle education, Bicycling, bike safety, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, consumer affairs, cycling, driver education, Driver safety, parking, traffic citation, traffic safety, traffic school, traffic ticket, traffic violation, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle traffic school, bicycles, Community Traffic Safety Coalition, law enforcement, parking, Santa Cruz, traffic citations, transportation
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Reader questions Santa Cruz’s color-coded parking meters
Dear Street Smarts, Q: When I am in downtown Santa Cruz, I always look for the ‘blue’ meters where for a quarter you get one hour of parking. Is the city getting rid of these affordable parking places? Lori Gaudin … Continue reading
Revisiting disabled parking question, road trip travel tips for parents
Streets Smarts wants to follow up on a couple recent columns. First, in regard to Monday’s letter from a reader questioning the disabled parking spot in front of an apartment building which the disabled person who lives there does not … Continue reading
Posted in Aptos, child passenger safety, child seats, children, disabled access, disabled parking, disabled placards, driver education, Driver safety, parking, public works, Santa Cruz, Uncategorized
Tagged children, disabled parking, parents, road trip, seat belts, transportation, travel
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Disabled parking space in front of home should be removed, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I live downtown Santa Cruz in a neighborhood that is difficult to find parking places. Next door to me is a low-income apartment with four units. They have a space in front designated for handicapped parking … Continue reading
Posted in aggressive drivers, Caltrans, consumer affairs, disabled drivers, disabled parking, disabled placards, driver education, Driver safety, parking, traffic laws, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged billboards, Caltrans, disabled parking, Santa Cruz, Slow for the Cone Zone, transportation
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City’s EV fleet charging stations soon to be off limits to public
Dear Street Smarts, Q: Sunday, we went downtown for the ‘Eat Like A Greek’ festival in our Chevy Volt. I knew that the City Hall parking lot would be ideal–close by and electric charging stations, which I didn’t know were … Continue reading
Posted in Aptos, bicycle, cycling, driver education, electric vehicle, EV, parking, pedestrians, roads, Santa Cruz, speed, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged Aptos, bicycles, charging stations, electric vehicles, fire, pedestrians, Santa Cruz, sidewalks, speed bumps, transportation
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