Witts Allee Parking
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Sunday 16 August 2009 22:09

The Witts Allee has some pretty confusing parking
rules. It normally is a one way street from the
Avenariusstraße to the Hasenhöhe, with the first
part between the Avenariusstraße and the Maredo two
way, but due to construction work in the
neighborhood the first part is now also one way,
but in the other direction.

We start at Maredo. At the beginning of the street
it says parking between ten in the morning and nine
in the evening is only allowed for a limit of two
hours. The arrows mean that they mean the left side
of the sign, and because the sign is parallel to
the length of the street, that doesn't mean the
left side of the street.

A bit further down the street is the other sign
with arrows pointing to the right. So the 2 hour
rule between ten and nine is only in force between
these two signs.

But between the two signs are only about four
parking spaces.

Then comes a temporary (for about six months
though) sign prohibiting parking along the side of
the street altogether.

Because the previous sign had an arrow pointing to
the left, it is accompanied by a sign with an arrow
pointing to the right a bit further. Next to it the
permanent sign with the arrow the other way. There
is no parking allowed here to keep the corner with
the Avenariusstraße clear.

This part of the street temporarily functions as a
one way half of the very busy Elbchaussee, so only
parking in the four slots at the Maredo is allowed.

At the end, which is normally the beginning, half
of the road is closed to avoid having lost drivers
enter the street in the wrong direction.

Where the Avenariusstraße hits the Witts Allee the
Witts Allee splits into two one way parts.

On the right side of the Witts Allee on the corner
of the Avenariusstraße starts the next section of
limited parking. Again limited to two hours, but
this time only on weekdays from eight in the
morning till six in the evening.

That part ends before the curve.

On the other side of the road it is allowed to park
half on the street, half on the sidewalk.

So with parking allowed on two sides of the street
that looks like this.

Until we get to the curve in the street, where it's
not allowed to park on the left side of the street.

On the other side in the curve is the half on the
sidewalk parking allowed, right of this sign. I
seem to have missed the beginning of that part.

After the curve on the left side of the street the
half street half sidewalk method of parking is
allowed again. In the curve there's only half on
the street parked cars on the right side.

Totally no parking on the left of the sign, semi on
the street parking on the right. That is the last
sign on the left side of the street, unless someone
is moving or doing construction work and has put
some extra signs up for the occasion.

On the right side of the street a section of
limited parking starts after the curve.

And ends a bit later.

This section contains about five parking spaces.

The rest of the street - where I live - is normal.
But you're not supposed to park on the hexagonal
pavement, because that's the area needed for people
to get out of their driveways.

by Roland van Ipenburg
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ipenburg/blog/posts/dull/2009/08/16/witts-allee-parking/