tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post1261160463344679807..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: Thursday: Items Typed QuicklyBram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-41225979642016441622011-06-10T10:17:59.301-04:002011-06-10T10:17:59.301-04:00While the increase in parking rates was probably n...While the increase in parking rates was probably necessary, the expanding enforcement hours to 10:00 doesn't strike me as the best of ideas. Restaurants in the Cultural District and Market Square are going to take a hit because of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-44232671611539793902011-06-03T13:04:59.139-04:002011-06-03T13:04:59.139-04:00the best case scenario is that the public begins u...the best case scenario is that the public begins using PAT more frequently...and maybe having some routes restores..the bad news on that end is that parking revenues decrease..as revenues do when tax /rate increases are placed on items like cigarettes and parking...which make any projections of revenues questionable<br />as for the markets....looks like a good run up to me...July 2, 2010 DJIA 9754....May 3 2011(when down turn started) 12818rich10ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815670014265733834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-40466028963249675352011-06-03T11:54:50.482-04:002011-06-03T11:54:50.482-04:00I welcome a wave of meter parking increases that c...I welcome a wave of meter parking increases that covers the rest of the city, because right now, this is a Downtown/Strip/East End Parking Tax.<br /><br />We need to raise the money, but we're not exactly sharing the burden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-55337283625025359882011-06-03T01:49:21.658-04:002011-06-03T01:49:21.658-04:00Anon 3:45 - There are other issues at play here, b...Anon 3:45 - There are other issues at play here, but you are in one part right. One day we are likely to call this the "first round" of rate hikes. Next will come a demand for the garages, then will come most likely other waves of meter parking increases. Whether those rates will rival those of the Great Unmentionable is highly expected, whether it can do so while also providing for capital upgrades and satisfying bond holders is a question mark.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-79780159656378237962011-06-02T15:45:28.905-04:002011-06-02T15:45:28.905-04:00Remember Peduto scaring everyone about having to p...Remember Peduto scaring everyone about having to pay more to park and "buy a cup of coffee in Bloomfield"...? I guess a parking increase really WAS inevitable after all of that hot air. Heck - now parking fee increases are the <i>cornerstone</i> of the "council" plan (not that Peduto had any real part in solution-making anyway, apart from cheering for the state to take over).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com