(AJC) — Sunday worship at Friendship Baptist Church came to an abrupt stop. Mid-service, someone had spotted the parking cops outside. Members of the 148-year-old downtown church rushed out, car keys in hand, to save their vehicles from the boot. Friendship Baptist, meet PARKatlanta. More than a few have received similar introductions. At public meetings, […]
(Alexandria Times) — Some three months after parking rates rose to $1.75 an hour, local business owners will push to rollback fees until new multi-space meters arrive. Danielle Romanetti opened Fibre Space — a store for knitting enthusiasts — on North Fayette Street more than a year ago, hoping to create a home for local […]
(Afro) — Washington, D.C. lawmakers and motorists as well as commuters are condemning a parking toll increase this month as being a band-aid for the city’s bleeding revenue bank rather than an answer to motorists’ needs. Earlier this year, the District Department of Transportation began enforcing parking meter fares on Saturdays at metered spaces across […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Mayor Daley suspended his revenue director Tuesday over a memo to the police department warning that ticket writing is down — calling it “stupid.” Revenue Director Bea Reyna-Hickey was suspended for a day over the Aug. 10 memo that told police the city “will witness a dramatic decrease in annual revenues and […]
(Washington Examiner) — The District would extend the city’s sales tax to include sodas and medical marijuana but would not increase downtown parking meter fees to $3 an hour, according to a draft budget from D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray. The D.C. Council is expected to give preliminary approval to the budget Wednesday. Gray’s draft […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) –An Atlanta City Council subcommittee has created four citizens-based working groups to look into the city’s increasingly controversial parking situation — particularly, the PARKatlanta deal that has resulted in a drastic uptick in parking tickets. But throughout Friday morning’s sometimes heated meeting, the question remained — is it legal? Read More…
(Chicago Tribune) — Ever since the steeple of Chicago’s First United Methodist Church went up across the street from City Hall in the 1830s, worshippers have sought a place to hitch their horse or park their station wagon to pray. But since the city privatized its parking meters last year, more churchgoers have encountered unanswered […]