TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the fall 2023 commuter parking update
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Andrea Nair, TED Project Manager
BACKGROUND:
At the City Council meeting Sept. 5, 2023, the City Council approved an ordinance that eliminated the quarterly commuter parking permit and allowed for changing the method of payment for daily fee spaces from pay-by-space to pay-by-plate.
Pay-by-space had many limitations. Those limitations included frequent maintenance of the painted space numbers and inconvenience for commuters to remember a different space number whenever they commute. Further, it limits flexibility and does not allow commuters to park in unmarked spaces.
Switching to pay-by-plate allows commuters to use their license plate to pay for a parking space. They are able to pay by entering their license plate at both the pay station kiosks located at the train stations and through the PayByPhone app. Paying by license plate provides flexibility to park in any space without the need to paint or number all 3,689 commuter spaces.
DISCUSSION:
Parking Lot Modifications
Signs to alert commuters to the change to pay-by-plate were installed throughout the lots. Some of these signs were temporary until permanent signs can be fabricated and mounted. The space numbers on the parking lot surface were covered with paint in October.
Enforcement
The Police Department is aware of these changes and worked with commuters during the first few weeks after the change to provide warnings before issuing citations for non-payment. All spaces are still $2, except for the DuPage Children's Museum, Parkview and 190 E. 5th Avenue lot, which are $5. These rates remain in effect through the end of the year.
Kroehler Parking Lot
The Kroehler lot was primarily a permit lot with a small number of daily fee spaces. Since the pandemic, Kroehler permit holders have been allowed to park in the Bur...
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