Curbside Delivery
Sausalito reportedly had curbside loading where the parklets are located today.
Remnants of yellow paint can be seen on the curb. No evidence is found identifying when this yellow curb was painted green.
History of Curbside Loading Zones
According to Teresa Ancona of Angelino’s restaurant, the loading zone was relocated when the parklets serving their restaurant was installed. Confirmation was not found in the related city council meetings in 2013 and 2016. The image below shows the 4 spots, replaced by the parklets, were metered parking and not loading zones.
This 2008 Street View shows 4 metered parking spots prior to parklet installation in 2015.
Until 2015, 15 Minute Loading Zones Existed
In 2015, 15 Minute Loading Zones were available possibly for a historic dry cleaning business.
These spots were not exclusively for commercial loading.
By 2015 the loading zone was converted to metered parking until 2020 parklets installed.
Parametrix proposed solutions…
Children biking to school being endangered by the driver squeezing between the parked delivery vehicle and the children riding on the curb gutter. Laws violated: 3 Foot Law , driving and parking in turn lane.
Curbside delivery is safer for the worker.
The delivery driver must unload in the middle lane of traffic and cross a lane with the load.
Curbside delivery is better for emergencies.
Emergency vehicles have more space when trucks are at the curb.
Curbside delivery is better for pedestrians.
Visual line of sight is blocked by a truck in the middle of the road.
Bridgeway Frogger sends ghost cars that appear from nowhere to simulate how both driver and pedestrian can feel when visibility is blocked.
The delivery from the curb is safer for the worker and avoids conflicts with emergency vehicles. Play this level of Frogger.
Hear more from Kevin Carroll who drove in Sausalito for more than 50 years.
Curbside Delivery makes a Better Bridgeway!
Read more about the proposed solution from Parametrix.
