Parking Meter Rate Increases (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh: taxi, vs., garden)

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Enough_Already

Parking and night students downtown:

Changes in meter charges, regulations make Downtown commuting more costly - News - The Globe - Point Park University

Is it a plot to get more people riding the bus?

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by Enough_Already

Parking and night students downtown:

Changes in meter charges, regulations make Downtown commuting more costly - News - The Globe - Point Park University

Wow, even better.....increase rates & then fail to even benefit from any of the increased revenue.

In order to ensure the Parking Authority will allot the revenue received from the increase in meter rates, the mayor was supposed to go to the Parking Authority and renegotiate the cooperation agreement, which he has yet to do.

[pman]

if you have class, why would you use on street parking? wouldn't a garage be cheaper?

[fleetiebelle]

From the article:

Terrica Jones, senior sport, arts and entertainment management major, who commutes to Point Park from West Mifflin usually by bus, but sometimes uses on-street parking, wishes the university would help commuters more.


"I think it's ridiculous. As students, I think we shouldn't have to pay for parking. We go to school here and pay all of this tuition, we should have free parking or discounted parking," Jones said on Monday, Aug. 29 in the Point Cafe.

I can't think of any urban university that would eat parking costs for students. That's unrealistic.

[SammyKhalifa]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

From the article:



I can't think of any urban university that would eat parking costs for students. That's unrealistic.

Maybe, but they could work out some kind of transit deal a la Pitt.

[Enough_Already]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

From the article:



I can't think of any urban university that would eat parking costs for students. That's unrealistic.

I can't think of an urban university which is in a comparable city that has such a high cost of on-street parking and onerous enforcement hours. As expected, this is just hurting the people who can least afford it and it is driving business out of the city. All of that because the city leaders cannot manage the financial affairs of the city.

[ferraris]

Originally Posted by SammyKhalifa

Maybe, but they could work out some kind of transit deal a la Pitt.

On the flip side of that, a parking permit for Pitt lots costs over $700 dollars a semester.

[SammyKhalifa]

Originally Posted by ferrarisnowday

On the flip side of that, a parking permit for Pitt lots costs over $700 dollars a semester.

Yeah indeed, costs of attending Pitt are out-of-whack altogether from what I can tell.

[ferraris]

Originally Posted by SammyKhalifa

Yeah indeed, costs of attending Pitt are out-of-whack altogether from what I can tell.

Well, the going rate for a regular leased spot in Oakland is $150 - $200 a month, so it's not actually a rip off. It's expensive, but it is in line with the market in Oakland.

[SammyKhalifa]

Originally Posted by ferrarisnowday

Well, the going rate for a regular leased spot in Oakland is $150 - $200 a month, so it's not actually a rip off. It's expensive, but it is in line with the market in Oakland.

At my school (Ohio U), the leases weren't much but they wouldn't even let you have a car on campus until Junior year.