Think about this: how many times are you willing to drive down State or Pleasant St. - or the Green St. lot - before you give up and park on the river (which is also free, for all you non-residents).
With the state projecting a shortfall in 2009 for cities and towns, our city needs to boost its stream of revenue.
Free parking. I love it, but we've gotta leave it behind.
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Yes, the city needs to boost its revenue. Parking is not the solution. The solution is to decrease its expenses.
Stay tuned. I'm working on something...
Really? Is the price of =anything= going down? I'm a big fan of responsible fiscal management. But cutting costs when nothing is as cheap as it used to be seems either unrealistic or harsh. Aren't your city services worth putting a quarter into a meter, or even paying $3-$5 for parking for an afternoon?
Add into that the fact that we don't (yet) have a trash collection fee (and the city went way out of its way to avoid one), I think we're doing pretty well.
Maintaining the free parking is kind of delusional, if not fiscally irresponsible.
But Ari, I look forward to reading whatever it is you're working on.
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