We published a story this week on Cleveland City Council rolling back parking rates and enforcement hours, and your responses were fairly evenly split.
Keith W.: "Parking should be expensive. The city can subsidize small businesses (and whoever else might be slightly harmed by the policy) with the parking revenue. But we don't need people driving around the city streets looking for parking."
Cynthia H.: "If we really want to support local businesses ... night and weekend parking should remain free! ... If public transit in Cleveland were more appealing, it may not be such a concern, but that is not the current situation."
Jared L.: "I am so annoyed by city council pulling the rates back down ... I work in Ohio City. There is no reason to subsidize the St. Ignatius students who flood the neighborhood because they don't want to pay to park on campus."
Nathan K: "I work in Ohio City ... When the city posted the pay-to-park signs on the streets, the whole employee base was up in arms ... It should have pissed off the neighborhood too, because it would drive those that work around here to park further out into the residential streets, eating up their free parking."
Krissie W: "As a small business owner in a high demand parking area, we need paid parking otherwise you can't find a parking spot at all! Most people would rather pay a few dollars for parking then drive around for 20 minutes looking for a spot before ultimately heading out."
