[MissoulaGov] parking meters

Fri Dec 4 13:48:45 MST 2009

I agree as well!  I've been stung (as a tourist) in large cities where it's harder than heck to even FIND the kiosk.  There would have to be signs at almost every parking spot for someone to know where to go to deposit the money.  I'd rather see the meters!

Janet Donahue

> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:29:56 -0700
> From: srye at montana.com
> To: hdgray at modwest.com
> CC: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] parking meters
> 
> Me three - not a fan of the parking kiosks.  We have them up here at the U
> and I hate them in this weather.  They stopped taking quarters this year. 
> They are a really long ways from the actual parking most of the time.  You
> have to stand in line out in the cold waiting for someone trying to load a
> dollar with frozen fingers.  Also, it seems like they are broken quite
> often, so you have to go back to the car, write a note and put it on the
> dashboard and hope you don't get a ticket.  Also, parking meters are very
> convenient bike parking.
> 
> It's confusing for tourists - there would probably have to be signs and
> more signage is NOT what we need.  There's more than enough public signage
> (see roundabout at Beckwith/Higgins).  I like our parking meters.  I think
> the parking commission should come talk with council before doing this.
> 
> Stacy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I'm with Pam on the meter issue.  A vending machine that dispensed change
> > from dollars or cards would be handy at times.  In weather like today I
> > want
> > to be out of the car, pay the meter and get into the store ASAP not hiking
> > to a card machine that is working at the time.
> >
> >
> >
> > David V. Gray
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Pam Walzer [mailto:pamwalzer at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:45 PM
> > To: Rod Austin
> > Cc: Jim McGrath; David V. Gray; missoulagov at cmslists.com
> > Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry - Several people in the audience commented on my face during the
> > discussion. I for one am a fan of our current meters. I appreciate in
> > large
> > cities, there are so many that it presents a visual blight. Personally, I
> > like how our meters look. They have an old-timey look and sometimes double
> > as additional bike parking. I'm assuming that the talk is of a
> > modernization
> > to a parking "kiosk" that accepts coins, dollar bills, credit cards. This
> > may be preferable to some, but I prefer to get out of my car, put a few
> > coins in the meter located just in front of or behind my vehicle and be on
> > my way. I know it seems like the epitome of laziness, but I don't want to
> > go
> > to a central location in the block, buy my parking ticket and go back to
> > my
> > car and put it on my dashboard. I suspect there are others out there who
> > feel the way I do. Likewise, there are others who would probably prefer to
> > not worry about having coins.
> >
> >
> >
> > Pam Walzer
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Rod Austin
> > <raustin at missouladowntownbid.org> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I would like to know what a scrunched face means! Pam? Didn't
> > understand or didn't like?
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Jim McGrath [mailto:jmcgrath at missoulahousing.org]
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:25 PM
> > To: Rod Austin; Pam Walzer; David V. Gray
> >
> >
> > Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> > Subject: RE: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Rod Austin [mailto:raustin at missouladowntownbid.org]
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:23 PM
> > To: Jim McGrath; 'Pam Walzer'; 'David V. Gray'
> > Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> > Subject: RE: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
> >
> >
> >
> > One or two meters per block face. They would take plastic as well as
> > coins.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com
> > [mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of Jim McGrath
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:20 PM
> > To: Pam Walzer; David V. Gray
> > Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> > Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
> >
> >
> >
> > What's a "consolidated meter system"?
> >
> >
> >
> > From: missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com
> > [mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of Pam Walzer
> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:19 PM
> > To: David V. Gray
> > Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
> > Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09
> >
> >
> >
> > One question we didn't ask during the committee meeting - will the parking
> > meters be moved out to the new street curbing? There were some scrunched
> > faces (mine was one) on council at the future possibility of a
> > consolidated
> > meter system.
> >
> >
> >
> > Pam Walzer
> >
> >
> >
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