If the city ticketed all the cars in East Rock parked in front of fire hydrants, No Standing Anytime and Do Not Block Driveway signs...especially in this area...it would definitely be worth the time for the windfall. Many times there have been open spaces in legal spots within feet of these cars. I've seen people park like this when they could have gone 1 or 2 open spots back.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed a man park his car on Orange Street, across from Romeo's, in a Bus Stop; nearly the entire street behind him was clear for parking. I said to him, as he walked into Romeo's, "You realize that you've just parked your car in a bus stop, right?" and the guy hollered at me, "Lady, keep walking! JUST KEEP WALKING!" I have no idea what his problem was but being overly ethical was clearly not one of his concerns. Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut, but this sort of thing really.... makes me angry.

This is an ongoing problem at this intersection.

call the PD . tell them it looks like an abandon vehicle.

This is a constant issue at this intersection. This issue should remain open.

City, please ticket or tow these folks. No one has the right to impede the view at this intersection.

These cars (out of state plates no less) are often parked illegally for days at a time.

Thanks for the post. A parking enforcement officer is currently en route to investigate.

Parking is an issue because of Archie Moore's customers.. Out of state plates sound like neighbors who are ago in the same boat.

How about leaving neighborly notes instead of being passive aggressive children who are only trying to get their own neighbors

Or how about reporting the plethora of pot holes just feet away and trying to make an actual improvement

They are not Archie's customers. I've seen the same thing as well.
It is the same cars with out of state plates ignoring the signage and blocking the view when pulling on to Willow.
What's neighborly about that?

Maybe a tow would teach them a lesson. Perhaps they then might consider their neighbors and others who have to drive from Anderson on to Willow.

It's one thing on the opposite side of that corner since it's a one way but if you can't see past a car parked in this spot, you need to adjust your seat so you can see out your window. Didn't you learn in high school to confront people instead of tattling to the teacher.

Either way, that's not going to resolve the street parking issue for people who live ON Willow. Maybe you should let your irritation stop driving you to seek retribution on your neighbors and maybe focus that onto a proper parking plan.

At 8:05pm there were no vehicles in violation at this intersection. We will return tomorrow and continue investigating.

Eastrockresident, this specific car in the photo has been MANY times parked on Willow completely blocking the view to the left.

Either way, no standing means no standing.
I've often walked several blocks from my parking spot to home. That's East Rock. There's just not enough parking. It sucks, but it doesn't give anyone the right to park wherever they please.

As for confronting people... No fear of that here--trust. But that's not really an option at 5am on the way to work. Nor is knocking on doors later to find out who owns the car.

City, write some tickets. Maybe that extra revenue will help pay for the overtime it will take to repave Willow!

At 4:15pm there were two vehicles slightly in the No Standing Zone, asked both drivers to back up while explaining the issue and both complied.

The Parking Division has addressed this issue. If this continues to be a problem, you may re-open or report as a new issue in the Parking Violation/Abandoned Auto category. Thank you.