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for parking in city parking garages and long-term city parking lots in downtown Lawrence," the news release said.
Matt Cole, an employee at US Bank on Massachusetts Street, estimated that 10 of the 50 bank employees will purchase parking passes.
With the construction of an apartment building at 9th and New Hampshire Streets and the proposed construction of a hotel across the street, parking downtown may soon become more limited.
Purchasing of parking permits varies from business to business.
"Most employees park on top of the garage." Cole said. Cole doubted more employees would buy passes.
creased traffic
to affect her parking.
"We've purchased permits since the parking garage was built," Debbie Anderson said. Anderson said that when the business first purchased permits both the roof level and third level of the garage were open to permits. The roof level is now open for free parking.
Anderson said the only time she has trouble parking in the garage is during parades.
The office of Curtis Anderson Optometrist purchases parking permits for the three employees that work the most often.
"That made me question whether we were getting our money's worth," she said.
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Records from the Lawrence Police Department show 796 traffic accidents occurring from November 1, 2011 to January 16, 2012. This number is down 36 accidents when compared to last winter which had 832 traffic accidents occurring from November 1, 2010 to January 16, 2011.
The average December temperature in 2011 was 35 degrees for Lawrence, five degrees warmer than it was in 2010, when December's average was 30 degrees, according to weatherdatapot.com.
winter the numbers for the last month would have higher however, I don't think the difference in the numbers is significant."
winter weather has kept most or the snow and ice away, but one thing not absent this winter is traffic accidents.
Sergeant Michael Monroe,
from the police department's
of accidents" Monroe said in an email. "I think during a 'normal'
Larry Krull.
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"If you're going the proper speed, if you keep it in the
center of your lane and you don't follow too close, then you always have time and space to react."
owner of the Midwest Driving School, believes one reason the numbers are so close is because of effective planning last winter.
LARRY KRULL
Owner of the Midwest Driving School
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doesn't play the largest role in why accidents occur.
"Inattention is the biggest cause of accidents in Lawrence" Monroe said.
Weather didn't play a role in Kendall Clark's October accident, but lack of attention did.
"We were coming back from Wendy's on 23rd, and I was messing with the radio," Clark said, a sophomore from Augusta.
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Regardless of the weather, Krull believes paying attention makes the biggest difference, and most accidents or serious injuries can be avoided by doing a few basic things.
"You have to focus on the road," Krull said. "If you're going the proper speed, if you keep it in the center of your lane and you don't follow too close, then you always have time and space to react."
- Edited by Amanda Gage
Index
SPORTS 8
SUDOKU 4
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
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