Please don't park here

Please don't park here
Originally uploaded by rllayman.

The reason that these signs bug the absolute @#$%^&* out of me is because the Capitol Hill BID doesn't first think, "Hmm, how can we make it easier for bicyclists to get around Capitol Hill, to park, and patronize the businesses here?"

Instead, they put up signs saying nicely "Don't park on the flowers."

What they should be doing:

1. Putting up bike racks all over the Capitol Hill commercial district;
2. And then afterwards, focusing on treebox beautification, which can obscure access to street sign poles and parking meters that would otherwise suffice as places to lock bikes;
3. Putting up the patronizing "don't park here" signs, but if step (1) is followed, then the signs aren't patronizing because you'd already have planned ahead, by making it easy to park and lock bicycles outside of treeboxes.

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