Parking
App takes the pain out of paying high prices at NY parking garages
Real estate in New York is eye-poppingly expensive. Why, then, should the real estate for New Yorkers’ cars be any different? According to a 2011 study by Colliers International, parking garages in Midtown Manhattan charge $562 a month on average, the highest rates in the country. Downtown Manhattan comes in second at $533, with Boston […]
Nation’s capital adopts new visitor parking pass program
After a series of public meetings earlier this year on the city’s parking policies, Washington, D.C., has adopted one element—a revised visitor parking pass (VPP) program—that has some residents calling for the dismissal of Terry Bellamy, director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). The meetings were intended to address a variety of issues, including […]
Fake permits make parking a beach in New Hampshire coastal town
The summer may be drawing to a close, but parking troubles at the coastal town of Seabrook, New Hampshire, look like they’re just beginning. A spotlight was thrown on the issue of fake permits last week when a police officer discovered that owners of beach properties have been forging parking placards and distributing the fakes […]
Los Angeles: Ticketing rule for parking at broken meters overturned
Los Angeles finally ended its three-year-old ticketing rule for drivers who park at broken meters, thanks to recently installed high-tech parking meters. Although most citizens welcomed the move, some believe this could make matters worse. Until a few days ago, drivers leaving their cars at broken parking meters in the city risked getting a ticket. […]
UK Court rules against council using residential parking to finance borough’s deficit
Residential parking permits usually carry a small fee to cover administrative costs. Some cities also use the net revenue for improvements to parks, schools etc. However, in the UK, one area was recently judged as having gone too far. UK judge rules against parking to raise revenue Barnet Council in north London was pulled up […]
5 clues that a parking revolution is sweeping the nation
Rummaging in your pocket for a quarter to pay the meter, leaving in the ninth inning of a tie game to avoid a parking ticket, walking eleven inconvenient blocks because you couldn’t find a closer parking spot—these possibilities may become moot if a parking revolution really is occurring in America, as a report released by […]
Ohio State parking changes are really for your benefit. Promise.
When, in June 2012, Ohio State decided to lease its parking operations to QIC Global Infrastructure and LAZ parking in a fifty-year contract, reactions were mixed. The Ohio State parking system went for 483 million dollars and many didn’t mind the change. However, the transition didn’t go as smoothly as many had hoped. Many were […]
Palo Alto considers parking plans for its downtown
In what city staff promise to be the first of several public meetings on the issue, residents last week considered parking options for downtown Palo Alto, California. The city, like many on the peninsula, imposes a two-hour time limit per spot, but curbside parking on its downtown streets is otherwise free. This policy has contributed […]
Clash over church parking lot in Chicago
Despite quoting scripture, attendees at an informal community meeting in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, were anything but peaceable. The crowd of nearly 100-strong gathered early this month to voice opposition to a proposal from the Orchard Evangelical Free Church, which plans to clear nine of its properties for a $1 million surface […]
Tension over student parking at the University of Alabama
When enrollment reached a record high of 33,602 last fall and 300 parking spaces were lost due to construction projects, it was easy to predict that tensions over student parking at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa would rise. “Right now it feels like the parking system is taxed to capacity. It’s not horrible, but […]
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