One downside to a hip and happening downtown — and there’s no denying that ours has shaken off its former slumbers — is that more people mean more vehicles, and more vehicles mean too little parking, which in turn means parking becomes a premium. And for premium parking you’ll soon begin to pay a premium price, according to a recent report in the Colorado Springs Gazette, as the city’s Parking Enterprise raises meter and garage rates, sometimes significantly, for the first time in 14 years.
You’re a captive audience now, downtowners. And that’s an irresistible opportunity for the city to squeeze you for every nickel and dime (every quarter and dollar) it can, while you’re also paying the city sales tax by patronizing businesses in the city center. This way they get you coming and going, literally.
But rest assured; Colorado Springs has no intention of ripping you off as ruthlessly as Denver does. “I never want to be compared to Denver as far as rates.” Enterprise Director Scott Lee told The Gazette. It’s the kinder, gentler approach to revenue collecting one might expect from a city-owned enterprise – one of the small but important perks of public ownership, if you will. (Copyrighted by themaverickobserver.com.)
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