New green-topped meters around downtown have had their time limits extended and their costs reduced. The meters offer four- to nine-hour parking limits for 50 cents to $1.25 per hour.
Again, I ask where are our voices? Where was the Hillcrest Business Association or the Uptown Parking District in a fight to make Hillcrest a test area? Why are the newer communities getting a shot at this idea for parking when Hillcrest, known for its shops/restaurants/etc, has been suffering without adequate parking much less a parking structure? How can North Park get a parking structure before Hillcrest? They don’t even have meters!! I buy parking meter cards in Hillcrest to raise funds for parking improvements. Where are they? Whoever wrote about the blue bike racks in a previous letter…I agree! Can’t our money be put to better use? By the way, I have also never seen those ridiculous blue gizmos being used! The money for the bike racks won’t add up to a parking structure, but for all the thought that went into them… perhaps we can solve automobile parking issues a little faster and smarter. If we can solve parking problems (our #1 problem for decades), maybe we can save our local mom n’ pop businesses and help them thrive! Is anybody listening????
Resident of Hillcrest since 1993
