Seattle plans higher parking rates for busiest times
Seattle drivers who've been accustomed to paying the same curbside parking rates at all times of day could soon be faced with variable parking prices based on market factors, with rates higher at...
View ArticleSeattle responds to criticism, adjusts scheduled parking rate increases
Seattle parking rates are going up in 4 neighborhoods, down in 11 neighborhoods and will stay the same in 7 others. Seattle Transportation Department spokesman Rick Sheridan says the upshot is that 73%...
View ArticleRestaurateur Tom Douglas vs. Mayor Mike McGinn on changes to Seattle parking...
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-960070.mp3Seattle's downtown restaurant owners are still grumbling about rate hikes for metered street parking.The city's new scheme...
View ArticleCheated by Seattle parking meter? City will take your call
The Seattle Department of Transportation writes in its blog that sure enough, a number of on-street parking pay stations “recently experienced some technical problems.”SDOT says a cell tower lost...
View ArticleAnother major retailer leaving Pioneer Square: Masins
Another landmark retailer is leaving Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Masins Fine Furnishing and Interior Design has put its building up for lease and started looking for another Seattle location where its...
View ArticleFuture loss of parking challenging Pike Place Market
The complete removal of Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct is years away. The tunnel replacing it won’t open till 2015.But this summer marks a crucial moment for the iconic Pike Place Market as the...
View ArticleSeattle to watchdog tow-trucks, cap fees, hire tow-truck tsar
A single tow-truck charge of nearly $800 made headlines last winter. Now, Seattle leaders are proposing rules that would keep most impound charges under $200.The city also will create a new inspector's...
View ArticleAuditor: Record-keeping at Seattle Center parking garages is lax
The state auditor says the Seattle Center hasn't done a good job of making sure people pay at three city-owned parking garages. The three garages took in almost $5 million in revenue last year that...
View ArticleSeattle Launches Pay-by-Phone Parking Service
Paying for parking in Seattle is about to get easier.The city of Seattle is partnering with PayByPhone to allow drivers to pay for street parking on their phones, rather than through pay stations....
View ArticleHelp City Of Seattle Choose Next Generation of Parking Meters
Most of us know the drill: You walk up to one of those green parking meters on the street, put in your change or a credit card, and it spits out a little sticker for your car window. Those machines...
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