ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WXYZ) — Royal Oak is saying goodbye to back-in parking on Washington Avenue, returning to traditional angled pull-in spaces after years of driver frustration.

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"This is the first step in a long journey to transform the downtown parking system," Joe Gacioch, Royal Oak city manager, said.

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The city is reversing its 2021 decision to partner with a Minnesota-based company that implemented the back-in parking system on Washington Avenue between Fourth Street and Lincoln Street.

"I am really excited. I found the back-in [parking] super frustrating. I thought it was dangerous, and ill-planned, and really inconvenient because both sides of traffic had to stop for you to be able to back in,"

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