Bloomington, IN Open About 5 hours

Parking on Unimproved Surface

Numerous vehicles parked daily, always 2 up to 6 or more, on the right side of East Deckard Drive constricting entryway to Eastern Heights off of East 10th/ 45. This entryway is curved and has a deep drainage ditch on the left side, which is directly opposite of these cars. A car exiting has a very fine line of trying to get over to let other entering traffic pass. There are no sidewalks throughout Eastern Heights, thus pedestrians (many children walking to school), bicyclists, etc.,are forced to walk on opposite side of parked vehicles (many of which are never moved for weeks) where there is little room due to drainage ditches, when there is barely one lane to utilize. There is also a sober living home across from these cars that does have a longer driveway for parking. But, despite being told it was highly unlikely cars would be there, they also park on the street behind these cars towards 10th street, so that they can come & go without hindrance in their driveway. It is difficult for large vehicles to enter Eastern Heights safely or residents to safely exit due to lane restriction from the constantly parked vehicles. I personally have had to back up several times a week to let the loaded school bus enter our neighborhood safely. I have spoken with the bus driver and she is very concerned about her issues of entry, especially with winter arriving. By contacting the MCCS transportation they can reach her and supply you with her camcorders. The first house is a group home & she informed me of problems with their large van blocking the entry way, that leaves her sitting on 10th street trying to enter, which then blocks the views for a safe departure by the van, making a gridlock due to heavy, as well as fast, traffic on 10th. When the group home drive is full, cars are parked in front of their property, past the continuously parked cars, to Hector and around the corner on Hector. There is ample room for the group home to establish more parking or at least a turn around for their van to not back out on Deckard, which blocks both lanes of entry leaving the loaded bus sitting on 10th street waiting to enter Eastern Heights. The bus driver seemed particularly worried about that situation, as well as the parked cars. The snow plow drivers, garbage truck drivers could reinforce the problems with all these cars being parked, although I’m sure there is less traffic during their route times. We have no neighborhood covenants about parking on street, but we have NO sidewalks for safety, and this continual parking seems to grow, especially when they have ample area to provide parking, there is no attempt to park over a bit in their yard, all tires are on the pavement. Occasionally is understandable, but daily is unattainable to the rest of the neighborhood. I would like to ask that the city explore the possibility of putting a “no parking” sign from here to the street ( back towards 10th) at the corner of Deckard and Hector, which would only affect 4 homes of which 3 are the offenders. Thank you so much and if you have further questions, please feel free to contact myself or the bus driver, as I know she is concerned as well.