Below is the reply from Madison Parking. I think that we will have to keep an
eye on this issue. Incidentally, Chicago (referenced below) is losing about
10,000 bicycle parking spots to Pay and Display, though they are working to
replace the meter posts that are removed with U-style racks.
-Dar
"Knobeloch, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ald Webber brought it up last week at the TPC meeting on a Parking Utility
>>revenue agenda item.
>
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>From: Dar Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:57 AM
>To: Knobeloch, Bill
>Cc: Dryer, David
>Subject: Re: Multi space meter evaluation
>
>Thanks for your quick reply. And has any discussion been had about the
>>impact on bicycle parking?
>-Dar
>
"Knobeloch, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The on street multi-space
meter tests end about Sept. 18, 2007.
WE will need at least a month to digest the information and make a
recommendation to the TPC on type of multi-space meter operation (if any) to
be implemented. Most cities have opted for the pay & display type that we
are testing on Pinckney St and E Main St. Chicago recently choose this type
for their downtown area.
Bill Knobeloch
Parking Operations Manager
608-266-4761
FAX 608-267-1158
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Madison Parking:
Could you please tell me what the timeline for evaluating the new
multispace parking options is and what the public input process will be?
When does the City hope to implement the chosen technology?
A number of citizens are concerned about the potential loss of bicycle
parking spaces represented by the possible removal of meter posts. Does the
City have a plan for supplementing downtown bicycle parking in the event
that the meter posts are ultimately removed?
As contract staff to the City for the the Mayor's Platinum Bicycling
Report (which includes extensive recommendations regarding bicycle parking
in the City), a parking professional with the Transportation Services at the
University, and a local bicycle advocate, I am very concerned about this
issue and would like to help out in any way that I can to assure that
downtown bicycle parking is not adversely affected by these new automobile
parking technologies.
Any information or contacts that you can provide to me would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.
-Darwin Ward
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