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the vigilance of the new haven parking enforcement has noticeably enhanced its efforts. in one day of parking downtown I received not one, but two tickets, despite an attempt to keep up with the meter payments. the first site, on chapel near Barcelona, I was less than 10 minutes late for the 2 hour meter, and admit, ok, my fault.
but the second time, on state street near Kumo, multiple signs clearly say 12 hours, 7am - 7pm. I took a picture. I parked after 7pm, and so did not pay the meter, and was ticketed at 8:30pm. can the meter maids not read their own signs?
And a second complaint of evening parking near the green that is only for a maximum of 1 hour up until 9pm. who comes to the downtown NH for only 1 hour after 7pm? dinner, events, drinks... can you really not expand the meter length of time allotted for evening parking now that we're getting charged after 7pm?? or are the parking garages trying to drive traffic to their lots?
4 Comments
Wizwaz (Registered User)
vehicle per 7 to 9 p.m.. Additionally they should raise the meter rate.
Closed Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Registered User)
The parking meter regulations have changed. From 7am to 5 pm posted time limits for metered parking remains the same. From 5 pm to 9 pm there are no longer time limits for parking at meters. This means that you can pay for the time that you need without adhering to the hourly limits of the parking meters. This went into effect on May 29th of this year.
The department instituted a short grace period after the change went into effect – to let citizens know of the regulation change by placing warning tickets on vehicles in violation – with no penalty attached.
The new change was announced on the Transportation, Traffic & Parking Department’s web-page.
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/TRAFFICPARKING/
There are articles about the new change here: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/feed_the_meter_til_9/
and here: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/did_i_just_get_a_ticket_not_tonight
There is also an informational flyer available for the public at the Transportation, Traffic and Parking Department offices, located in the Hall of Records building on 200 Orange St.
parking meter madness (Guest)
Thank you for the explanation below. And it's helpful to know that the new 5pm-9pm rule is that you can pay for however much time you need.
But I strongly disagree that newly imposed regulations should be universally known, regardless of what articles have been in the paper or fliers are available in city hall. How is an out of town visitor supposed to know that she should disregard posted signs? I feel that until the signs are corrected, that the city cannot financially penalize someone parking correctly according to the signs. If there is a speed limit sign that says 35mph and a police officer pulls over a driver and tells them, no, actually it's 25mph the sign is wrong - whose responsibility is it? Likewise, if I park next to a sign that says paid parking until 7pm and I get ticketed at 8:30pm - whose responsibility is it?
And out of curiosity, who is able to determine if an issue is "closed" or not? If I go to state street, or any of the streets effected by the change in regulations, and see the signs have been corrected, then I feel it's a closed issue.
Thank you.
Fishwood (Guest)