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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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What's the fuss? We're talking $3 here.
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a) Solves the parking problem
b) Reduces traffic accidents
c) Adds another element to Missoula's unique mystique (read: more tou...
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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.
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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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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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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 pa...
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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. [show less] |
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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 ho...
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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. Put Walk, Bus, Bike into action more often and get Sustainable Missoula. Leave meter parking for convenience and pay for it. Let's do something that works soon. [show less] |
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Two bucks is exactly the right amount.
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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 s...
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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. [show less] |
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You can raise revenue by simply writing more tickets, being more 'aggressive' about enforcing the $2 fine.
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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 h...
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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 during the holiday shopping season), but it'd be nicer to stop doing this in favor of keeping fines low. [show less] |
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The current parking fine structure would work IF it were enforced. We have increasing fines for parking abusers and could adjust ...
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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 abusers more money. The system can accomplish this if there is a willingness to use it effectively. Enforcement is key! The concern of downtown businesses is that the casual shopper will not put enough money in the meter the first time and underestimate their visit duration. We want that customer to get a gentle reminder to feed the meters, NOT a PENALTY, that will cause some shoppers to avoid downtown. [show less] |
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I dont mind seeing the fees raise, as long as, the additional revenue will be put back into the community developing positive chan...
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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. [show less] |
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on April 13th, 2007. 39 grupies have voted on one or more of the 12 answers.
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There's a public discussion of the proposed policy changes on Tuesday, April 17, 7-10pm at the Holiday Inn Parkside.
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!
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 ;)