Pay and Display Meters Debut in Peoria
By: Kim Behrens
Updated: October 16, 2012
There's a different way to manage parking in downtown Peoria.
This week, the city installed new "pay and display" meters around the soon to open Peoria Riverfront Museum.
The device is an upgraded version of the area's current quarter meters.
Four have been installed around the museum on Liberty, Water, and Main Streets.
They coincide with about 60 brand new parking spaces which the city has added for the expected increase in travelers.
The pay and display meters are 25 cents per 15 minutes, or a dollar for one hour.
People will get a ticket which they can display in their car window.
Special Projects Manager Chris Setti says the city is using the machines on a six month trial basis to see if they actually benefit area drivers.
"If we didn't have meters around here, people who work at some of the local businesses they might come and park here for free all day long and there would be no ability for people who wanted to visit the museum to actually use the meters or park here," Setti explained.
The machines take coins, debit, and credit cards.
People will get a receipt which they'll display on their car dashboard.
If the machines prove useful, the city will purchase them, plus an additional seven to install in riverfront parking lots.
The multi-space meters go live October 22nd.
This week, the city installed new "pay and display" meters around the soon to open Peoria Riverfront Museum.
The device is an upgraded version of the area's current quarter meters.
Four have been installed around the museum on Liberty, Water, and Main Streets.
They coincide with about 60 brand new parking spaces which the city has added for the expected increase in travelers.
The pay and display meters are 25 cents per 15 minutes, or a dollar for one hour.
People will get a ticket which they can display in their car window.
Special Projects Manager Chris Setti says the city is using the machines on a six month trial basis to see if they actually benefit area drivers.
"If we didn't have meters around here, people who work at some of the local businesses they might come and park here for free all day long and there would be no ability for people who wanted to visit the museum to actually use the meters or park here," Setti explained.
The machines take coins, debit, and credit cards.
People will get a receipt which they'll display on their car dashboard.
If the machines prove useful, the city will purchase them, plus an additional seven to install in riverfront parking lots.
The multi-space meters go live October 22nd.
Comments
How does this affect parking in handicapped spaces? It's bad enough the rest of us have to return to our vehicles to display the receipts, but it seems a real hardship for handicapped drivers to have to do so. Also, can one get a receipt for more than an hour or do museum visitors have to run out every hour to get another receipt?
E A.
October 17, 2012 at 9:03 am
