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What do you think of the proposed parking fine changes downtown?

The Missoula Parking Commission is looking at increasing parking fines in order to generate additional revenue for more bonding capacity to develop additional parking structures in Downtown Missoula. They also would like to increase turnover of people that abuse on-street metered parking by parking in front of businesses all day. Some people feel that raising the initial $2 ticket to $5 will make Downtown Missoula unfriendly for customers and that there are better ways to accomplish these goals.

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Raise it. $3 more shouldn't make a big difference.

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What's the fuss? We're talking $3 here.

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Turn Downtown Into A Walking Mall!

a) Solves the parking problem
b) Reduces traffic accidents
c) Adds another element to Missoula's unique mystique (read: more tourism dollars)
d) Encourages alternative transportation.

Everyone is a winner!

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8 votes

Leave 1st ticket at $2, $10 second offense

This will discourage repeat abusers and still have a friendly feel for tourists and occasional shoppers who shop longer than anticipated.

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8 votes

Provide "Quick Stop" spaces

Like on campus -- for people who want to run in and out quickly. Could have a higher fine for violating the 30-min maximum?

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7 votes

FREE Park 'n Rides with frequent Bus Loop through DT + UM

Get more vehicles out of DT, and more people out and about. Set up FREE Park 'n Ride lots with continuous bus loop between set hours connecting lots through DT and UM. Add more, like at West Broadway for visitors, commuters, wandering shoppers, students, etc. Walk or hop the bus and pay only that fare.... [show more]

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7 votes

Create a Prolonged Parking Fine

Keep the $2 ticket as is. But if a person leaves the car for additional 3 hours after the first ticket then tack on a prolonged parking fine of $15.

That way you target the people that are abusing the system. While not punishing those who were running late.

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6 votes

Leave it at two bucks!

Two bucks is exactly the right amount.

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5 votes

Costs more to follow the law than it does to break it!

Why would I spend money feeding a parking meter all day long when I can just park in the spot all day for $5.00?

Doesn't make sense to have a law where it is cheaper to pay the fine than to actually follow the law in my opinion.

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4 votes

Improve Enforcement

You can raise revenue by simply writing more tickets, being more 'aggressive' about enforcing the $2 fine.

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Alternative: Stop waiving fines for out-of-state cars

When I first moved here I got countless notes saying "You're forgiven! Missoula loves it's out-of-state visitors." I didn't even have to pay the $2 tickets until I finally registered my car in Montana. I mean sure, this policy is nice (it seems that these waivers are given to in-staters as well... [show more]

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1 votes

Paying for positive change?

I dont mind seeing the fees raise, as long as, the additional revenue will be put back into the community developing positive change. I would like to see the parking commission post a list of how and what they plan on using the additional revenue for.

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Welcome shoppers, target abusers to increase revenue.

The current parking fine structure would work IF it were enforced. We have increasing fines for parking abusers and could adjust those "penalty" fines if needed for more effectiveness. The new proposal targets shoppers inordinately, and still does not enforce the new (or existing) rules to fine... [show more]

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39 grupies have voted on one or more of the 12 answers. This topic was started by Jamsterson Jamsterson: 10,121 points on April 13th, 2007. Tags: downtown, fine, parking

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Jamsterson Jamsterson: 10,121 points   2 years ago

There's a public discussion of the proposed policy changes on Tuesday, April 17, 7-10pm at the Holiday Inn Parkside.

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Tindriel Tindriel: 94 points   2 years ago

I just surfed over here from http://missouladowntown.com/ - I love how the top votes are in the other site.

I wish there was a way to cut and paste a grup think poll and put it into your own webpage - kind of like what YouTube does. I know I would put it into my page.

Anyway - just a suggestion (if this already isn't possible) - thanks!

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holotone holotone: 46,101 points   2 years ago

If you click "Share this page" in the green bar right above the comments, you'll see instructions for embedding the poll on your own website. Click "Show the code" to, well, show the code ;)

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