This City Council does not know how to think things through. How to enforce? Implications for the downtown? etc. etc. I've gone downtown and fed a meter for more than 2 hours; I've left the Passport Office to re-feed a meter while waiting for service. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. I think Ms. Hanlon is gone power mad -- the Roundabout obsession; nearly lost the side of my car on Carrick Drive due to someone mis-using that roundabout; Rawlin's Cross is a mess. Now ticking for broken parking meters after making a mess of the no parking rules downtown last winter and towing cars belonging to downtown workers cause they're at work for god's sake. Get a clue Council Think before you decide. Or do any of you know how.
Regina - 5 years ago
It doesn't say anywhere that any spot is designated specifically for customers of a particular store. I don't know how they can be ticketed! Parking is very difficult downtown and Hanlon & Co. are just providing more restrictions to keep people away from there. Shame!
Stephanie - 5 years ago
Another great idea from debbie hanlon, I think that anti-bullying book has gone to her head.....
John - 5 years ago
I say shame on the city of St. John's and Debbie Hanlon if you park at a meter and unable to feed it funds the fault is on the city. I think this can be challenged in a court of law, keep in mind that the judge doesn't work for the city.
Fix the broken meters.
Ella - 5 years ago
I am a full time govt employee that has been paying for parking downtown since 2002. Parking costs me on average $15 a day...parking garages cost over $200 a month. I am required to have my car for work and can not bus or car pool. It’s not only part time workers that can’t afford parking...I am an only parent raising a family. I park at the broken meters every opportunity I get...I am a hard working professional struggling to make ends meet and every little bit helps.
Kevin smith - 5 years ago
The city should have done their homework on the meters before spending millions on a useless piece of equipment!
Rodney Hutchings - 5 years ago
Shame on Debbie Hanlon for implying that folks that park at broken meters for longer than 2 hours are in some way breaking a law, or should be shamed for doing so!! As per others who have already commented, I would question how parking enforcement would properly monitor who has stayed there longer than the allotted 2 hours. What's to stop me from parking in a specific spot for a period of time, then leave and be lucky to return to the same spot later? Are the enforcement people equipped to deal with that contingency!
Simple solution: Fix the broken meters, and, Ms. Hanlon, stop publicly shaming people for doing something you would have done yourself, given the opportunity!! These people aren't breaking any laws, and this is just another feeble attempt to correct a non-existent problem! Better yet, if you don't want people parking at broken meters, then identify the broken ones, and bag them altogether, thus prohibiting parking at them altogether!!
Carol Murphy - 5 years ago
If I want to have lunch and shop at several downtown shops, I should have the opportunity to add time to a meter, not get a ticket. And how are the parking enforcement staff going to keep track of which vehicles are parked more than 2 hours? Can I park less than 2 hours at one spot and then move to another spot nearby to get up to an additional 2 hours without getting a parking ticket, or must I park downtown for less than 2 hours in any one day?
K B - 5 years ago
If most of the meters are broken, where are you supposed to park? Is this an effort to force people to park in the parking garages? How will they know if you are there for 2 hours? Are they going to have someone there watching your car for 2 hours? I don't think so. What if you are parked there, leave and then return and ti happens to be within the 2 hour time frame, are you going to get a ticket? This is ludicrous. Why don't they find a way to fix the problem of parking downtown rather than making it worse. Parking downtown is already not difficult and now you are just making it even worse. Surely we are not the only city with this problem. What do other cities do?
J Cameron - 5 years ago
Shame on the city for not properly maintaining equipment. How many millions has this cost us?
Marie Guzzwell - 5 years ago
Just curious as to how they can determine the time limit.
And if I park in a spot for 15 minutes and leave and return 2 hours later am I considered parking there for over 2 hours?
This City Council does not know how to think things through. How to enforce? Implications for the downtown? etc. etc. I've gone downtown and fed a meter for more than 2 hours; I've left the Passport Office to re-feed a meter while waiting for service. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. I think Ms. Hanlon is gone power mad -- the Roundabout obsession; nearly lost the side of my car on Carrick Drive due to someone mis-using that roundabout; Rawlin's Cross is a mess. Now ticking for broken parking meters after making a mess of the no parking rules downtown last winter and towing cars belonging to downtown workers cause they're at work for god's sake. Get a clue Council Think before you decide. Or do any of you know how.
It doesn't say anywhere that any spot is designated specifically for customers of a particular store. I don't know how they can be ticketed! Parking is very difficult downtown and Hanlon & Co. are just providing more restrictions to keep people away from there. Shame!
Another great idea from debbie hanlon, I think that anti-bullying book has gone to her head.....
I say shame on the city of St. John's and Debbie Hanlon if you park at a meter and unable to feed it funds the fault is on the city. I think this can be challenged in a court of law, keep in mind that the judge doesn't work for the city.
Fix the broken meters.
I am a full time govt employee that has been paying for parking downtown since 2002. Parking costs me on average $15 a day...parking garages cost over $200 a month. I am required to have my car for work and can not bus or car pool. It’s not only part time workers that can’t afford parking...I am an only parent raising a family. I park at the broken meters every opportunity I get...I am a hard working professional struggling to make ends meet and every little bit helps.
The city should have done their homework on the meters before spending millions on a useless piece of equipment!
Shame on Debbie Hanlon for implying that folks that park at broken meters for longer than 2 hours are in some way breaking a law, or should be shamed for doing so!! As per others who have already commented, I would question how parking enforcement would properly monitor who has stayed there longer than the allotted 2 hours. What's to stop me from parking in a specific spot for a period of time, then leave and be lucky to return to the same spot later? Are the enforcement people equipped to deal with that contingency!
Simple solution: Fix the broken meters, and, Ms. Hanlon, stop publicly shaming people for doing something you would have done yourself, given the opportunity!! These people aren't breaking any laws, and this is just another feeble attempt to correct a non-existent problem! Better yet, if you don't want people parking at broken meters, then identify the broken ones, and bag them altogether, thus prohibiting parking at them altogether!!
If I want to have lunch and shop at several downtown shops, I should have the opportunity to add time to a meter, not get a ticket. And how are the parking enforcement staff going to keep track of which vehicles are parked more than 2 hours? Can I park less than 2 hours at one spot and then move to another spot nearby to get up to an additional 2 hours without getting a parking ticket, or must I park downtown for less than 2 hours in any one day?
If most of the meters are broken, where are you supposed to park? Is this an effort to force people to park in the parking garages? How will they know if you are there for 2 hours? Are they going to have someone there watching your car for 2 hours? I don't think so. What if you are parked there, leave and then return and ti happens to be within the 2 hour time frame, are you going to get a ticket? This is ludicrous. Why don't they find a way to fix the problem of parking downtown rather than making it worse. Parking downtown is already not difficult and now you are just making it even worse. Surely we are not the only city with this problem. What do other cities do?
Shame on the city for not properly maintaining equipment. How many millions has this cost us?
Just curious as to how they can determine the time limit.
And if I park in a spot for 15 minutes and leave and return 2 hours later am I considered parking there for over 2 hours?