[Summit] Parking Meters on Hope

[Timothy Lazarus]

There is almost no chance that the revenue from the meters is going to pay
for increased parking enforcement.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Jeffrey Cavanaugh <jeff at cavanaugh.org>
wrote:

> "Are we installing meters as much to defeat social cheaters?"
>
> Social cheating is most rampant with the automobile. In no other context
> do otherwise civilized people feel more entitled, feel less of a need to be
> courteous, than when it comes to the almighty car.. Another potential
> benefit of meters is they pay for parking enforcement, including illegal
> parking at corners, in front of hydrants etc.  I live on a side street off
> hope and people park in front of our house blocking the hydrant there ALL
> THE TIME. Not just rude, but dangerous.  I'm OK with this experiment, if it
> is indeed going forward.
>
> Of course I have doubts about effective administration of the program. I
> fear a network of broken meters like our broken fountain. But, I like to
> think the city has improved a little on that front and is struggling to
> continue. So, I'm willing to give it a chance.
>
> I observe over and over again how much we all fear any change, and it's
> good to question it for sure, but I'm not sure this is the disaster people
> are predicting.
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:26 AM Emlyn Addison <noisyblocks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I suppose many of us are now too jaded to accept that simply installing
>> meters will prevent or delay property tax hikes, but maybe I'm alone with
>> that suspicion. Double-dipping seems to have become the necessary M.O. for
>> strapped municipalities.
>>
>> But the idea that using a parking space is somehow "giving something
>> away" sets off my inner socialist; whatever happened to just sharing
>> things? Need a spot for an hour? Park here. Just don't be a hog and leave
>> your car all day for the whole week. Are we installing meters as much to
>> defeat social cheaters?
>>
>> Tax revenues are essential, but are states so broke that _everything_
>> must be commoditized? Just asking.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Coryndon Luxmoore <coryndon at luxmoore.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The community is giving a valuable resource away to private individuals
>>> to monopolize for a period of time. People from out of the city have not
>>> paid for these spots, non-drivers are subsidizing drivers, etc.. Meters
>>> that are profitable will increase revenue and slow the rise of property
>>> taxes. Meters that are not profitable will tend to vanish to profitable
>>> areas.
>>>
>>> There is a great study done in SF on parking and utilization for those
>>> who want to nerd out a bit on this issue:
>>> http://www.sfcta.org/transportation-planning-and-studies/current-research-and-other-projectsstudies/street-parking-management-and-pricing-study
>>>
>>> I hope that the local merchants will use this opportunity to work
>>> together across the city to find better solutions if this does not work for
>>> them. My personal preference on the revenue side is a rise in taxes for
>>> surface parking lots to reduce incentives for demolition. There are a lot
>>> of other options like sales taxes, removal of TSA's, lowered services, etc.
>>> There are also other solutions like working on opening up the massive
>>> number of private surface lots around the city to the general public.
>>>
>>> Just for the record, I am a driver :). I regularly pay for street
>>> parking downtown to grab a coffee at Bolt. No open spot, no stopping.
>>>
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