Riverparks Parking solutions

[sauerkraut]

I parked a Porsche in that lot - and the ones at 21st and 41st - several times a week for a couple of years and it was never touched. 

It could also be the time of day people park in the lot, I'd bet toward evening there are more car break-ins than in the morn. I drive a old F-150 heap anyhow.

[SXSW]

By the future Museum?

I have parked in this area before, never had any problems finding a place.  If you can't find a place in the parking lots along Riverside park along the streets in the adjacent neighborhoods...

[Townsend]

I have parked in this area before, never had any problems finding a place.  If you can't find a place in the parking lots along Riverside park along the streets in the adjacent neighborhoods...

Parking's never really a thing for me. 

"Everything's within walking distance if you have the time".  Stephen Wright

[dsjeffries]

Yes, I noticed those spray painted mile markers and I don't like them, I hope they are only temp. things- They spent tons of money on everything else and even bought $5,000 light poles and for mile markers they go cheap by using a can of spray paint. Unreal. I like a mile marker to be a post in the ground so as I run I can see it coming up and check my stopwatch, a painted marker can't be seen in advance and in time the paint wears off and fades away. The old trail had wooden mile markers every half mile..

I don't know what 'spray painted' markers you're talking about. Apparently your last trip to Tulsa was two or three years ago, because the markers in place now are embossed concrete, embedded in the trail and are painted.

[OurTulsa]

I think you could easily permit on-street parking on both 31st and 41st between Riverside and Peoria, without widening, and not disrupt what relatively little traffic uses those segments.  Without good sidewalks in place though I'd be skeptical many would use them other than for special events.

Why not permit paralell parking on the outside lane of Riverside itself during off peak hours - certainly weekends.  Between 11th and 45thish only on southbound.  I know many wouldn't consider parking there but me and my beater would.  The presence of the cars on the side of the roadway would slow many through drivers but not to the traffic-clogging degree.  Mark and restrict street parking where a car might come to a stop to turn left so that the right lane would always be open for passing at that point.  But all other right lane space would be game for parking.  That's alot of spaces.

[patric]

Why not permit paralell parking on the outside lane of Riverside itself during off peak hours - certainly weekends.  Between 11th and 45thish only on southbound.  I know many wouldn't consider parking there but me and my beater would.  The presence of the cars on the side of the roadway would slow many through drivers but not to the traffic-clogging degree.  Mark and restrict street parking where a car might come to a stop to turn left so that the right lane would always be open for passing at that point.  But all other right lane space would be game for parking.  That's alot of spaces.

I can picture it working, but you would have to rethink Riverside completely and slow traffic down from 40 to 25 to make it safe, and there you will find the resistance.  Of course doing so makes it more of a destination rather than just a stretch of asphalt between point A and point B. 
Interesting thought.

[charky]

I don't know what 'spray painted' markers you're talking about. Apparently your last trip to Tulsa was two or three years ago, because the markers in place now are embossed concrete, embedded in the trail and are painted.

The new circular (half mile) markers have been installed from SW Blvd. south to the 3.5 mile point. I ran the south route from 41st south to the Creek Turnpike Trail at Yale. The old wooden markers have been removed from roughly 41st to 71st...where the new trail is being completed. Most of the old half-mile wood markers at still up from 71st south to where I turned around at Yale. Yes...there are some spray painted mileage marks on the trail...but this obviously isn't the final solution. One would assume the circular mileage markers will be continued south.

Side note...there are small white squares sprayed painted every 100m from SW Blvd to 41st St. Kudos to whoever did this...great for speed work.

I usually run at off times...so parking isn't an issue. Another place to park is at Turkey Mtn. Big lot that is rarely even 1/3 or 1/2 full. You can hook up with the west side trail easy. Just have fun running back up that big hill to the parking lot.  

[Red Arrow]

Just have fun running back up that big hill to the parking lot.  

Sounds like when I hiked 1/2 hour in and 1+ hour back out of Haleakala crater on Maui.  Fortunately there is a sign at the top of the crater entrance telling you to expect that.

[patric]

The new circular (half mile) markers have been installed from SW Blvd. south to the 3.5 mile point. I ran the south route from 41st south to the Creek Turnpike Trail at Yale. The old wooden markers have been removed from roughly 41st to 71st...where the new trail is being completed. Most of the old half-mile wood markers at still up from 71st south to where I turned around at Yale. Yes...there are some spray painted mileage marks on the trail...but this obviously isn't the final solution. One would assume the circular mileage markers will be continued south.

I think you were responding to a different thread, maybe http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=15155.0

[charky]

I think you were responding to a different thread, maybe http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=15155.0

It wasn't my intention to get this thread off topic...but I meant to respond within this thread. It had veered a bit off-topic...a few had mentioned trail markers...so I added my 2 cents.

(and threw in a blurb about parking in an attempt to not be completely off-topic!)

[dbacks fan]

It wasn't my intention to get this thread off topic...but I meant to respond within this thread. It had veered a bit off-topic...a few had mentioned trail markers...so I added my 2 cents.

(and threw in a blurb about parking in an attempt to not be completely off-topic!)

Give your $.02 to sauerkraut and with the $.23 he has, he will have enough for another 15 minutes at the Omaha Library.

[Hoss]

Give your $.02 to sauerkraut and with the $.23 he has, he will have enough for another 15 minutes at the Omaha Library.

+1

[charky]

Give your $.02 to sauerkraut and with the $.23 he has, he will have enough for another 15 minutes at the Omaha Library.

[sauerkraut]

I don't know what 'spray painted' markers you're talking about. Apparently your last trip to Tulsa was two or three years ago, because the markers in place now are embossed concrete, embedded in the trail and are painted.

The  last time I ran on the trail was last weekend not 2 0r 3 years ago, maybe those embossed concrete markers  are the ones I seen, they looked to me like they were just spray painted on, they are  green & blue in color with the mile number. I wish they would of used a regular post instead. Those mile markers  came up fast and before I had a chance to take a good look at them I was already passed the marker, I just got a glancing view as I ran on by- I parked at the 41st street playground lot and I ran a few miles north & back.

[Conan71]

The  last time I ran on the trail was last weekend not 2 0r 3 years ago, maybe those embossed concrete markers  are the ones I seen, they looked to me like they were just spray painted on, they are  green & blue in color with the mile number. I wish they would of used a regular post instead. Those mile markers  came up fast and before I had a chance to take a good look at them I was already passed the marker, I just got a glancing view as I ran on by- I parked at the 41st street playground lot and I ran a few miles north & back.

Did you at least use common sense enough to stay out of the bike lanes?  Lots of people have not caught on to the concept yet and there's some tension building in the cycling community over it.