Showing posts with label parking meters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parking meters. Show all posts
Nov 8, 2020
free parking?
Now that street shops are officially open, with limitations, I had an idea of how they could be helped in bringing back some business.
I happen to like the paid parking (blue and white) in shopping areas around the city. Ever since paid parking went into effect I have hardly ever had a problem finding parking. When parking was free, people would park and leave their cars there for hours on end - employees and owners of local shops, car rental companies, people selling a car or parking an advertising billboard truck, and the like. Once paid parking went into effect, that all went away. The people who would normally leave the car there all day, or for weeks on end, moved the cars to free parking spots a little further away and people shopping park, do their business and leave.
I would suggest, to give a boost to local shops that are suffering, both from long periods of being shut down and from periods of being able to do business but with strict limitations, perhaps it might be time for the government, local government or national, to reduce the parking fees - allow two hours free parking instead of paid parking from the first minute.
Free parking might make it difficult for me personally to find a parking spot when I need it, but it would likely encourage many people to go to the stores and support them and give a boost to their businesses.
Free unlimited parking would just bring back the rentals, the car sales, the advertising, the employees parking closer by, etc., but 1.5-2 hours free parking should be long enough for most people to do their business with paying nothing for parking, or almost nothing.
What do you think?
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Mar 1, 2020
PSA: Free Parking in Bet Shemesh on election day
PSA:
according to an announcement put out by Mayor of Bet Shemesh Dr Aliza Bloch, in honor of election day, tomorrow all parking in blue and white painted locations will be free around Bet Shemesh.
You still cannot park illegally (eg red and white, on sidewalks, etc) - but paid parking is free.
There is no need to activate Pango or Cellopark when parking tomorrow.
Go Vote!
בהנחיית ראש העיר ד"ר עליזה בלוך וממונה הפיקוח העירוני חבר המועצה הרב שלמה ברילנט:
לרגל יום הבחירות מחר, החנייה באזורים המסומנים בכחול-לבן תהיה בחינם לאורך כל היום! אין צורך להפעיל פנגו, סלופארק או איזיפארק.
זכרו! החנייה באזורים המסומנים באדום-לבן או באזורים המיועדים לבעלי תו חנייה אזורי - אסורה.
מצביעים ומשפיעים! צאו להצביע!
דוברות עיריית בית שמש
according to an announcement put out by Mayor of Bet Shemesh Dr Aliza Bloch, in honor of election day, tomorrow all parking in blue and white painted locations will be free around Bet Shemesh.
You still cannot park illegally (eg red and white, on sidewalks, etc) - but paid parking is free.
There is no need to activate Pango or Cellopark when parking tomorrow.
Go Vote!
בהנחיית ראש העיר ד"ר עליזה בלוך וממונה הפיקוח העירוני חבר המועצה הרב שלמה ברילנט:
לרגל יום הבחירות מחר, החנייה באזורים המסומנים בכחול-לבן תהיה בחינם לאורך כל היום! אין צורך להפעיל פנגו, סלופארק או איזיפארק.
זכרו! החנייה באזורים המסומנים באדום-לבן או באזורים המיועדים לבעלי תו חנייה אזורי - אסורה.
מצביעים ומשפיעים! צאו להצביע!
דוברות עיריית בית שמש
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Sep 5, 2017
should paid parking in RBS be cancelled?
Paid parking in central shopping areas throughout Bet Shemesh is about a year old. Shortly after implementation the parking areas were so empty there was concern that businesses would have been negatively impacted as people head to the malls with free parking to do their shopping instead.
A year later, I would say that the stores look pretty busy, mostly normal, on a regular basis, especially later in the week as Shabbos approaches. There is just about always available parking, as people park a bit further away for free, the rental companies are not using the spots and other reasons.
The "Salvation Committee of Merchants" has put out a notice on behalf of business owners in RBS A and RBS B about how the paid park is destroying the local businesses and should be canceled. They call it a "fine". They also only refer to businesses in these Haredi neighborhoods and do not coordinate and cooperate with businesses around the rest of the city.
So, perhaps my impression of the businesses largely doing ok is wrong. Maybe only a few are struggling, and maybe some are struggling for reasons not related to the parking. As well, many people will prefer indoor air conditioned malls anyway, regardless of the parking, over an outdoor shopping center where one must maneuver in the heat or rain between shops.
Either way, I hope they find a solution, as nobody wants the local businesses to be hurt. I do think trying to get paid parking canceled is basically futile and they should put their efforts elsewhere.
A year later, I would say that the stores look pretty busy, mostly normal, on a regular basis, especially later in the week as Shabbos approaches. There is just about always available parking, as people park a bit further away for free, the rental companies are not using the spots and other reasons.
The "Salvation Committee of Merchants" has put out a notice on behalf of business owners in RBS A and RBS B about how the paid park is destroying the local businesses and should be canceled. They call it a "fine". They also only refer to businesses in these Haredi neighborhoods and do not coordinate and cooperate with businesses around the rest of the city.
So, perhaps my impression of the businesses largely doing ok is wrong. Maybe only a few are struggling, and maybe some are struggling for reasons not related to the parking. As well, many people will prefer indoor air conditioned malls anyway, regardless of the parking, over an outdoor shopping center where one must maneuver in the heat or rain between shops.
Either way, I hope they find a solution, as nobody wants the local businesses to be hurt. I do think trying to get paid parking canceled is basically futile and they should put their efforts elsewhere.
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Apr 21, 2015
Parking payments in many cities to go offline with Pango
As of this coming Sunday, you will no longer be able to use Pango to pay for your parking in many cities around Israel. You'll have to go back to the old fashioned method of buying the parking tickets from machines or kiosks and attach them to the window of your car.
The Supreme Court rejected the request of Pango to extend its contract with the municipal governments.
The list of cities in which Pango will no longer work include Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Petach Tikva, Bnei Braq, Eilat, Givat Shmuel, Nazareth, Nahariya, Rosh Haayin, Ness Ziona, Carmiel and others.
If Pango does not succeed in signing new contracts directly with each city individually, Pango will no longer work in those cities. In some of those cities you will still be able to use CelloPark, Pango's competitor, but not in all the cities.
The problem that has led to this is a gap in the period between the expiry of the previous contract and the publication of the results of the new tender. Because of some legal issues, the previous contract had been shortened, creating this gap.
TheMarker has a nice table depicting what works in which city:
So, pay attention to where you park and how you can pay so that you don't end up with a parking ticket...
And hopefully they will work all this out quickly, and even allow competition rather than just one option.
The Supreme Court rejected the request of Pango to extend its contract with the municipal governments.
The list of cities in which Pango will no longer work include Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Petach Tikva, Bnei Braq, Eilat, Givat Shmuel, Nazareth, Nahariya, Rosh Haayin, Ness Ziona, Carmiel and others.
If Pango does not succeed in signing new contracts directly with each city individually, Pango will no longer work in those cities. In some of those cities you will still be able to use CelloPark, Pango's competitor, but not in all the cities.
The problem that has led to this is a gap in the period between the expiry of the previous contract and the publication of the results of the new tender. Because of some legal issues, the previous contract had been shortened, creating this gap.
TheMarker has a nice table depicting what works in which city:
So, pay attention to where you park and how you can pay so that you don't end up with a parking ticket...
And hopefully they will work all this out quickly, and even allow competition rather than just one option.
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Feb 1, 2009
Parking Meters in RBS?
A Guest Post by Tov Bet Shemesh
Parking in the Mercaz... What's the solution? Parking Meters?
Parking in the Mercaz... What's the solution? Parking Meters?
As all of us who live and/or shop in the Mercaz Mischari of RBS are aware, the parking situation has become unbearable. Forget about Thursday evening or Friday morning, just try finding a parking spot on Tuesday at 10:00AM. Good Luck. And if you dare park "illegally" for five minutes you are almost guaranteed a large parking ticket from the local police force.
So what are the numbers?
- There are approximately 3,000 families in RBS.
- The Mercaz has two large super markets.
- Two Kupot Cholim.
- A gym, a therapy clinic.
- And ~45 smaller shops.
- There are a total of ~285 parking spaces currently available.
So what is the solution?
Obviously there are long term (Ma'ar, building parking garages, etc.) solutions.
But for this discussion we would like to focus on short term ideas.
The following ideas have been discussed:
- Banning all car rental and store employee parking. (Difficult to enforce)
- Changing some parking spaces on the side streets from parallel to perpendicular. (Add 25 spaces)
- Parking Meters - installing meters and charging 3 shekel an hour for parking. This can reduce some car traffic, and will reduce employee and car rental parking.
But what we want now is YOUR input!
What are your responses to the above ideas?
What other practical ideas do you have?
Please do NOT just use this as an opportunity to vent. We all know the problems, now what we need are solutions.
Vote on parking meters in the poll in the sidebar at the top-right of this blog. Leave your ideas in the comments section and/or email them to the email address below.
thank you,
TOV Bet Shemesh
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