Comments on: $5 Valet Parking on the Square

By: Left Wing

Left Wing — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:47:49 +0000

I think that the parking ticket fines should go up. I think they are $15 now?

If they were around $40 I guarantee self policing would rise!

By: fifi

fifi — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:45:26 +0000

This long history of inconsistent parking enforcement is one of the major reasons that neighbors fear the shared parking concept proposed for the 315 Ponce project. Progressive parking management strategies can’t work without consistent enforcement.

City officials must face up to the fact that , given the current lack of enforcement, people aren’t willing ( i.e. forced ) to use many of the parking options identified in the Transportation Plan. They choose metered on street areas or ,in the case of the area around 315 Ponce, a free space on a residential street .

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:07:44 +0000

Catherine: recent is a relaive term. I have complained to Lyn, ad nauseam, for going on fifteen years, about the parking problems around my store. Actually, I stopped a couple of years ago, because it just fell on deaf ears: “Decatur has plenty of parking options.” It is laughable, that the city believes its efforts support the local retailers and customers. By tripling the meter rates? The meters don’t manage parking, fair & consistent ticketing does. So now, the city will pay how much money, to replace meters, which I believe are relatively new, so that the new meters can phone people who have stayed too long. Give me a break! Had the city not enabled habitual offenders in the past, I would not be typing this now!

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:07:13 +0000

Ditto! Thanks for the update Catherine!

By: jim

jim — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:35:23 +0000

Catherine:

Thanks for the very professional and informative post. Sounds like y’all have this under control as much as it can be, and are anticipating future issues before they occur. Kudos.