College Row Parking Meters

Today, in driving on Harrisburg Pike, I noticed that parking meters have been placed in front of part of College Row. Why did the City put in meters when there is free parking for shoppers behind College Row? This strip of F&M property could and should have been made into a shoulder lane (that cars could pull into when an ambulance/fire truck approaches). If cars are parked there, there is no place for cars to pull over when they hear a siren and see flashing lights.

A shoulder lane also could also have served as a bike lane. (A resident of Columbia Avenue, who is a biker, addressed his concerns as a biker in a letter to Mayor Gray, who gave no response to those concerns, saying only that the median is designed to "alleviate some of the congestion on Harrisburg Pike.")

All those poles sticking up in the median certainly have not beautified this area. Why couldn't the City have placed the no-crossing signs on the sidewalk curb in front of College Row? Someone said that John Fry always finds the most expensive solution to fix simple problems.