KANSAS CITY STARTS SUMMER STREET PARKING CRACKDOWN!!!

The war on drivers continues and this taxing gesture looks to enforce anti-driver sentiment at 12th & Oak.

However . . .

WILL STRICT NEW PARKING RULES KEEP MORE PEOPLE AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY?!?!?

Already, the River Market has complained about losing customers & biz as limited parking endures increasingly authoritarian city hall rule . . . 

Kansas Citians will soon have to pay to park in Kansas City’s popular entertainment districts, including River Market and Power and Light, seven days a week.

The city began to introduce seven-day paid street parking regulations in February to help turn over parking spots in the city’s busier neighborhoods, said Public Works Director Michael Shaw. That means no free parking on weekends and nights.

The new rules will eventually be citywide, but for now, the new regulations can be found in areas near the City Market, which welcomes nearly 600,000 people each year, and already have blocks that require drivers to pay for parking every day of the week.

The city plans to expand the new rules to popular areas like Power and Light, the Crossroads, Westport, 39th Street and The Plaza

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

From River Market to Plaza, KC rolls out 7-day paid parking in entertainment districts

Kansas Citians will soon have to pay to park in Kansas City's popular entertainment districts, including River Market and Power and Light, seven days a week. The city began to introduce seven-day paid street parking regulations in February to help turn over parking spots in the city's busier neighborhoods, said Public Works Director Michael Shaw.