I recall a article in the Hays Free Press about parking concerns in down town Buda. I am a frequent lunch customer at the Main Street Cafe, the Buda Store right down the street also, and a frequent customer at the Texas Pie Company in Kyle. The parking and traffic situations are somewhat similar and challenging, although not to the extent to keep me away from the businesses in either town. I have noticed though that the speed of the traffic in downtown Kyle is slower but still requires plenty of caution backing out of the diagonal slots. In Buda I have noticed that the parking is the same design fraught by the nature of diagonal parking no matter where it is due to the lack of visibility when a larger vehicle is parked next to someone, such as my truck certainly would.
In Buda though I always have an enhanced level of caution when backing as a result of close calls, despite heightened awareness, due to the excessive speed of some drivers. I think that those drivers may just need reminding to check themselves. I think that if the City of Buda would install permanent speed reminder devices in both directions on each end of the area it would be a cost effective method to enhance safety and enhance the business customers’ experience. I have noticed these type of devices on the south end of Brodie Lane in the Shady Hollow area. I know they always cause myself to check my speed when I encounter them.
Richard P. Edwards III
Austin
