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Show A boon to business Springville city officials are to be commended for restoring angle parking on Main Street. The old parallel parking system installed in the late fall of 1963, has been given a try. It has proved to be a waste of parking space, a traffic hazard, an inconvenience, and has had a definite damaging affect on Main Street business. With these unfavorable aspects of the parallel parking system in mind, city officials ordered new angle parking spaces marked early this week, to the delight of everyone. Comparing the number of cars which may be parked on Main Street under the two systems, it was found that an increase of ten cars per block can be parked in the new angle parking. That is quite an item in itself, so far . as Main Street business is concerned. And the convenience conven-ience to the public is something to be considered.. Parallel parking proved to be a definite traffic haz ard. As a motorist left his car, stepping into the road space at the side, he found himself in immediate danger as most motorists used the space at the side of the parking areas as a third traffic lane, especially near intersections. Many shoppers actually avoided coming on Main Street since parallel parking was enforced, and as a consequence, con-sequence, business suffered. Getting into a parallel parking park-ing space on Main Street was quite an accomplishment for most people and often took considerable time. As a motorist maneuvered to get into the tightly marked spaces, traffic on the street was often stopped. Taking into consideration every phase of the two parking systems, the city has found that angle parking is best for Springville's Alain Street and their decision is commended by everyone and especially by the Main Street businesses. |