Keep testing 24-hour parking on Hamilton Ave., Northside Community Council says

monthlong project studying the traffic impact of 24-hour parking along Northside's Hamilton Avenue business corridor ended nearly a week ago, and some residents are already calling for the new parking rules to continue. Prior to May 12, parking along Hamilton Avenue was restricted during the morning and afternoon rush hours, allowing for two lanes of travel inbound toward Uptown and Downtown in the mornings, and two lanes back out to the more residential neighborhoods in the afternoons. For the last month, though, the city's Department of Transportation and Engineering lifted those restrictions, allowing parking on both sides of Hamilton Avenue all day, every day. The goal: to see how all-day parking would decrease speeding and potentially impact traffic congestion on Hamilton Avenue and nearby streets.