Sunday, August 22, 2004

Nurse injured trying to flag down shuttle

There is a major hospital here (Foothills) that does not have enough parking for all of its staff. In fact there is a waiting list of people hoping for a parking spot some day. In the meantime they ruthlessly prowl the 'hoods surrounding the hospital for a spot in front of someone's house. Many parts of these 'hoods have resorted to permit parking to prevent others from occupying the spot in front of their house. Not long ago, the hospital made a deal with a property 12 or so blocks away, to allow for a couple hundred spots worth of overflow parking. Drivers would get a shuttle bus from the property to the hospital. This costs you $45 a month.

Recently, the deal with the property must have been cancelled, as you can no longer park there. So for the $45 a month, the hospital suggested you could try to find parking in the surrounding 'hood, try to intercept the shuttle bus while it drives a specific route, and hope to catch a ride to the hospital. The hospital said not to worry, this would only be a temporary measure until the Children's hospital parking lot is completed in a year or so. Then people could park at the Children's lot and get shuttled to Foothills.

When the Children's hospital actually opens and their own staff and patients/visitors need to park in their own parking lot, Foothills staff........well, they never got to that part yet.

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