With a return to everyday life after the holiday season, Los Altans and visitors are navigating crowded and under-repair streets searching for that lucky parking space which might turn their exhausting five-minute walk into a magical 45-second stroll to their destination.
Main Street between Second and Third streets is a parallel universe, at least in terms of parking spaces all on an angle. There are a lucky (or unlucky) 13 spaces on either side of this primo parking paradise.
How many times have you seen potential parkers waiting for an auto to back out and open up a free space? These “I could-care-less” blockers have no idea how long this competitive space opening may take.
Even when the driver enters their car and their lights come on, they could:
Initiate a 30-minute Zoom conference call with their HQ in London
- Watch funny videos
- Check their emails
- Wait for their family to return to their gas or electricity guzzlers
- Return nine calls
- Watch their kids’ Tae Kwon Do class
Can we agree that more than a 45-second wait deserves an internal flurry of four letter words along with a huge horn honk? If they could just drive around the block to the parking lot with spaces, perhaps we can be better people.
