New York, NY – New City Council legislation will be introduced on Wednesday that would provide an end-of-day grace period for motorists using Muni-Meters by “rounding up” to the hour in which city paid-parking rules end for the day.
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NYPOST.com (http://bit.ly/1nvmp3u) reports that the bill is aimed at cutting motorists a break when it comes to paying for unnecessary parking.
As an example, the time stamp for a motorist paying at 6:49 p.m. on a meter that is only in effect until 7:00 p.m. will be automatically rounded up and printed to read 7:00 p.m. so that the motorist doesn’t have to overpay.
Sources say in some cases motorists are forced to shell out as much as $3.50 extra under the current system.
Council insiders say the bill currently has 21 backers already, four short of what it will take to pass the bill.
A source said the information has not yet been tallied on how much revenue the city would lose on the measure, but that a reduction in parking tickets would be expected.
Just make the meters and payment system more precise. That way everyone can pay for exactly the amount of time they want to use. It’s not fair to reduce revenue from drivers, which means that everyone, including public transit users, will have to kick in to fill the gap in the budget.
Great idea. These Muni meters are terrible. I have to walk half a block to the Muni meter and find it doesn’t work which means crossing the street to find a working one. What was wrong with the old meters?
the muni meter system is here to stay so get used to it. i dont like it because it creates undue hardship for elderly people and people with strollers. they have to park, take out the child and put into stroller, go to muni meter , then back to the car.
i would also like to know how they determine which area has 1 hour meter and which has 2 hours. which area pays $1 for an hour and which pays $3 or $4 for an hour.
who makes those determinations?