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Participants urge parking pricing and parking-benefit districts to improve short-term access
Summary
In a working session, participants recommended using pricing tools and parking-benefit districts to increase turnover, fund neighborhood reinvestment and improve access to daily-needs businesses; dynamic pricing and meter upgrades were discussed, with state law cited as a constraint for downtown congestion pricing.
Speaker 5, a meeting participant, framed the problem in practical terms: “If I'm trying to access, with a small neighborhood grocery store or something and there's unmanaged street parking out in front of it... the people who work there park, and I just need to get in and out for a quick stop and grab something.”
The group spent substantial time on Goal 9 and Goal 9.6 language that addresses parking management. Several participants recommended using price as a tool to induce turnover and preserve proximity for short visits. “Using price as a tool to…
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