Comments on: Boise Has 50,000 Uncollected Parking Tickets

By: Innovation

Innovation — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:41:52 +0000

Since electronic commerce is somewhat easy and prolific, there should be a way to pay a ticket from the meter where it was received. Got a ticket when you return to your car? Pay it now and it will not be forwarded to the prosecutor as a misdemeanor. Pay it within 15 days, it will not be forwarded to prosecutor. Pay it before 90 days with a penalty and it will not be forwarded. After that, it goes to the lawyers. It would seem that the credible operation of a parking system that gives tickets involves giving and collecting the ticket. It is a management problem and a political problem, because the city systems lack competent management. The elected are unable to make their managers to the work.

By: Las Vegas Rebel

Las Vegas Rebel — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 06:23:50 +0000

I work downtown and whenever I have to go to another downtown business I don’t even bother driving. It is faster to walk and then I don’t have to worry about parking. I’ve also noticed that around the core that about 20% of the meters are covered with red hoods marking them out of order. Parking Enforcement doesn’t seem in too big of a hurry to fix them.

By: Lawrence Robinson

Lawrence Robinson — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 19:43:15 +0000

A NO-BRAINER this one. Raise the rates to move folks from parking on the streets to parking in garages?? STUPID lives. It will not move folks into garages, it will move them into the suburbs. Say goodbye to a vibrant downtown core.

By: jj

jj — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:43:16 +0000

The purpose of the parking rate increases is to close the funding gap needed for the stupid dream called the trolley. Part of the collective public gasp is the high cost of the system and the knowledge people will not pay to ride the trolley so this service no one is willing to pay for, is somehow still very important so it needs to be free.

By: Ericn1300

Ericn1300 — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:24:58 +0000

I have an IT company that does calls in downtown Boise and we have been tacking on a $25 surcharge for parking because of the extra time and expenses of dealing with the issue. I recently assisted a customer that moved out of downtown to near the mall solely because of the parking issues.

If the objective is to move more traffic into the garages then maybe a price reduction there would be a better motive.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:31:38 +0000

City data says they issue about 60,000 parking tickets per year

Once again a simple number does not tell the story.
How much of the 1.5 is older than 90 days? That is pretty much uncollectible and not worth pursuing.

Otherwise the next Guardian story will be “City Spends $100,000 to collect $10,000” Or “City Sells Tickets to Collection Attorneys-Happy to Get Judgments for $30 PLUS Attorney Fees”.

Maybe tag the fines to DMV registration costs for non-payers. If the city can’t collect it within 12 months- write it off.