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DIA outlines downtown parking changes: kiosks, variable pricing and license-plate technology planned
Summary
Downtown Investment Authority officials told the True Commission they plan to expand kiosks, introduce variable pricing, and upgrade garages with license-plate recognition as part of efforts to better manage employee parking, reduce unpaid meter use by official vehicles and increase revenue for park and maintenance funds.
Lori Boyer, chief executive officer of the Downtown Investment Authority, and Peter Sherwill, chief of the Office of Public Parking, gave a wide-ranging briefing to the True Commission on the authority’s approach to managing downtown on-street and off-street parking.
Boyer said the Office of Public Parking "reports to the Downtown Investment Authority" and that the office manages meters, loading zones and many city-owned garages while noting exceptions such as privately managed stadium lots and the JEA garage. She told the commission the city has "way, we have a significant surplus of parking spaces in downtown," but that those spaces are often not near residents' doors and that geographic mismatches drive complaints.
The presentation and public discussion focused on several persistent issues: high monthly occupancy in employee-focused garages, unpaid use of on-street meters by marked and unmarked official…
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