Many cities have an overnight on street parking ban. No parking between 3 and 5AM. I have some random thoughts on this procedure.
- The purpose seems to be to stop the ‘storage’ of vehicles on street, and force people to put their cars in their driveways, garages, and parking lots. Fair Enough
- But what if you don’t have one of the above?
- The ban might make the streets “look” better, but what about people who have issues – broken cars, a tad too much to drink, visitors unaware of the ban.
- Is it really a revenue generator?
- If so, why not charge people who park between 3-5 AM. Instead of a $30 ticket, why not a $10 parking fee. Same procedure.
- Of my best solution, charge everyone for parking onstreet. Sell permits to residents. They can buy extras at a discounted rate for limited use. The revenue would be good for the city, who would use it for repaving streets and the like (right), and would motivate people to NOT park on the streets if they had an alternative.
- The $10 on the spot fee would be collected just like parking citation fees, but would make more sense and be more palatable and fair.
- We force people who may be inebriated to drive to not get a ticket, when they would be much better off taking a cab of even sleeping it off in their car.
JVH
