Revamped park-n-ride proposal calls for some to pay
Rocky Mountain News
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
RTD park-n-ride lots could become park-n-pay-n-ride lots for people who live outside the transit district if a compromise version of a bill that originally sought to outlaw such fees gets approval.
A new draft of SB 93 by state Sen. Ron Tupa would allow the Regional Transportation District to charge non-residents to park at transit lots that are at least half filled, and to charge all users who park longer than 24 hours.
The original bill by the Boulder Democrat would have prohibited RTD from charging for parking. RTD had floated the idea of pay parking at its most-used lots, with residents of the district paying less.
RTD also wanted to allow users to pay to reserve parking spots until midmorning, but Tupa is against that.
The remaining sticking point in the bill was how RTD will identify non-residents' vehicles. Originally it wanted to require all residents to register before parking, But Tupa's bill nixed that.
RTD might not be able to obtain motor vehicle registration information from license plates, but it is still undetermined how the pay-for-parking plan would be enforced.
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