They've hit the stretch of Clark street around Wrigleyville, but strangly enough, not the area on Broadway near the intersection of Broadway, Diversey and Clark, which is pretty congested. At least they weren't there when I was there last Friday.
I had a doctor's appointment on North Avenue, near Wells, last month. I couldn't believe how many empty parking spots there were, a real change from the way it's been for years. When I asked the receptionist about it, she said the $2-an-hour meters came and everyone stopped parking on the street.
I wonder if this is going to be another case of Chicago upping the taxes on something, and people going elsewhere to get it or cutting back.
You now really need to keep a roll of quarters in your car if the new meters don't accept credit cards. Watch for a rise in car break-ins. I think the Mayor and City Council were a little clueless on this change.
I wonder if this is going to be another case of Chicago upping the taxes on something, and people going elsewhere to get it or cutting back.
You mean like the windfall of moneys expected from increasing the real estate transfer tax; and the county-wide sales tax that has business in the collar counties, and on the internet, booming?
I have seen two types of new meters. The ones that except credit card, and then ones that take quarters. I like the credit ones because I can write it off to my company while working. The rate for the credit ones vary, with the ones at Halsted and Wellington being 25 cents for 1/2 hour.
I did pull up to a new meter at Cicero and Belmont yesterday and it had the new rates posted, but when I put the quarter in it gave me an hour.
He is what I want to know..Are they transferable? When it prints out the sticker it just has a start time and end time. Can I move to another meter down the road for instance and still use my same ticket if time is remaining?
I always park at the plastic bag meters, they are special. In Edgewater I saw this week 20 meters with plastic bags. Perhaps if they had repsired meters the revenue would have had an uptick.
I saw them working at about 8:30pm on Friday, switching them over. Seems the private company is in a hurry, every meter not changed is a dollar lost!
ReplyDeleteThey've hit the stretch of Clark street around Wrigleyville, but strangly enough, not the area on Broadway near the intersection of Broadway, Diversey and Clark, which is pretty congested. At least they weren't there when I was there last Friday.
ReplyDeleteI had a doctor's appointment on North Avenue, near Wells, last month. I couldn't believe how many empty parking spots there were, a real change from the way it's been for years. When I asked the receptionist about it, she said the $2-an-hour meters came and everyone stopped parking on the street.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is going to be another case of Chicago upping the taxes on something, and people going elsewhere to get it or cutting back.
You now really need to keep a roll of quarters in your car if the new meters don't accept credit cards. Watch for a rise in car break-ins. I think the Mayor and City Council were a little clueless on this change.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is going to be another case of Chicago upping the taxes on something, and people going elsewhere to get it or cutting back.
ReplyDeleteYou mean like the windfall of moneys expected from increasing the real estate transfer tax; and the county-wide sales tax that has business in the collar counties, and on the internet, booming?
I have seen two types of new meters. The ones that except credit card, and then ones that take quarters. I like the credit ones because I can write it off to my company while working. The rate for the credit ones vary, with the ones at Halsted and Wellington being 25 cents for 1/2 hour.
ReplyDeleteI did pull up to a new meter at Cicero and Belmont yesterday and it had the new rates posted, but when I put the quarter in it gave me an hour.
He is what I want to know..Are they transferable? When it prints out the sticker it just has a start time and end time. Can I move to another meter down the road for instance and still use my same ticket if time is remaining?
Chips mind wants to know.
900 block of Wilson got switched yesterday from what my visiting group told me. Switched out while they were parked there.
ReplyDeletekinda makes ya wanna go out and park for a quarter one more time, just to be able to tell your grandkids about it someday
ReplyDeleteWilson between Broadway and Racine was up'd, too.
ReplyDeleteOn cue, a cop was writting tickets.
As I was driving down Irving, there were cops writting tickets all over the place.
Hopped out of my car to get a haircut in Andersonville around Clark/Berwyn on Saturday ... $1/hr. now.
ReplyDeleteI always park at the plastic bag meters, they are special. In Edgewater I saw this week 20 meters with plastic bags. Perhaps if they had repsired meters the revenue would have had an uptick.
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