Henry and Others,
While there have been a number of suggestions and ideas tossed out on how and by what committee the parking/valet problems should be handled, no doubt the traffic congestion created by too many Valet Zones obstructing the intersections and blocking the driving lanes in Tremont is creating a serious safety problem.
As far as the complaining goes, I dare say that the need for a fire truck or an ambulance being slowed down or stopped (for even seconds) by valets blocking the streets and intersections puts people's homes and lives at much greater risk. Does anybody have any idea who will assume that responsibility? Either one of these emergency vehicles attempting to make their way down Literary, Professor or Jefferson on Friday night would have been held up several seconds if not a minute or more. Would you want it to be your house, your loved one, your family member or even yourself with no minutes or seconds left - waiting at the other end of one of these streets?
Since the Traffic Commissioner was in charge of investigating the traffic congestion situation PRIOR to the SAFETY DIRECTOR making his recommendation to the LICENSES AND ASSESSMENT DEPT., I believe that perhaps it would be a good idea to have an additional investigation and report for the Valet Zones submitted to the Safety Director and suggest another evaluation on the recommendations for all these Valet Zones in such a short distance of each other and in the interim clean up the non-permitted valet cones taking up extra space. Why do they keep allowing these places to operate illegally permitted Valet Zones? Where is the enforcement?
Injuries or a fire in one of these establishments could end up costing lives not only to patrons but to employees as well due to delayed emergency service.