----- I do not think people who have lived on 29th Avenue for over 20 years find it "luxurious" to park in front of their houses. The demographics of my block 29th Avenue is one which many people have work vehicles-separate from their personal vehicles. There are some painters who have vans, lawn service, plumbers-all of which have extra "work" vehicles which do not fit in their alley spaces. Some of them even have RV's-and that's their choice of vacation. I think Metro Transist has done an awful job at informing people where to park. And to assume people are going to ride one, two or even three buses was a twisted dream and excuse. I think they came into this project with pure utter carelessness for the residents and wanted to get their train running. I was one of the unfortunates that even filed a claim for odd things that happened in my house. Gas leaks, floors cracking, my whole stairway pulling away from the inside wall. As my house shook during the entire construction, mostly caused by their Vibration compactor; I thought this is crazy. People by the airport get better treatment than this. My claim was completely and ridiculously denied. With it was charts from a 1968 textbook on vibration. Some other neighbors a block away got a denied claim for some of the same damages-only they were told not to "bounce around too much"-maybe that was causing their ceiling and wall cracks. So once again we the residents are supposed to feel its our civic duty to "pay" to park in our luxurious streets so that the LRT can be successful. Once again we the residents are to submit to anything and everything as long as the train's rider ship can grow. What's next for me-is a true dichotomy a possible "park and ride" next to my house in the empty vacant lot on 29th Avenue that has been thru so many hands I lost count..(but last count..Metro Transit-big surprise). Can I endure more shaking, more vibration like living in a martini shaker, fragile lathes breaking and shaking in my old house??? All for the benefit of LRT and its rider ship?? I sound like an old cantankerous whiner; but I am not I am just really tired of the intrusiveness of the whole project. And as I sit on 394, or 169, or 94....I curse the project developers....what were they thinking anyway??? G. Palandri Standish (IMO-where is the neighborhood association anyway??)
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