Council approves Parking Commission Revenue Stream
KHOU-11 reports that Mayor White and his Council have approved a Parking Commission:
Wednesday morning, Houston's City Council approved the formation of a public parking commission.
One of the commission's duties will be deciding where to put about 1,500 new parking meters.
Council members said the commission would target busy areas and try to relieve their parking problems.
What about it, blogHOUSTON readers?
Do you feel better knowing that your Mayor and City Council are tackling the city's most pressing problems?
UPDATE: KTRK-13's Ilona Carson has a quaint take on the Parking Authority Revenue Stream. She seems to think that even though the city's current bureaucracy can't seem to correct the problems with parking meters near UH Downtown, the new parking bureaucracy will:
But help may be on the way. On Wednesday the Houston city council voted unanimously to form a parking commission. Its job -- to solve some of these problems.
"Bringing parking into a new era. We're bringing new technology, customer service," explained Liliana Rambo, the assistant director of the parking administration.
In the future, Rambo says you'll be able to pay meters with dollar bills, credit cards and cell phones, and dispute tickets online. For now, frustrated students can contest tickets at the municipal court administration building at 1400 Lubbock.
Rambo said, "We go and we check the meter, and we get back to the citizen about whether the citation was upheld or was void."
Those tickets typically run to about $25. Problems won't be solved overnight. The parking commission hopes to have a contract this fall, and roll out changes over the next five years.
This city's media are so accommodating when it comes to Mayor White's efforts to build new bureaucracies and new revenue streams.
Fine. We're with Miss Carson. Here's hoping the new parking bureaucracy gets the problems with the parking meters near UH Downtown solved in five years!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/24/05 10:17 PM | Print |
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