Downtown Parking Enforcement
Downtown Parking Enforcement
The city of Kansas City has turned over the responsibility for parking enforcement to the Kansas City Police Department.
KCPD was historically responsible for this service, but somehow the city took it over a dozen years ago. The city is not really equipped to administer this service and the funding for it was nearly non-existent. As result, downtown parking ended up being mostly unenforced and people parked with relative impunity.
Along with the PD taking over again, the patrol staffing has been expanded 5 fold.
Free parking has ended. If you are in a two hour zone, you better be back to your car in 1:59, or be prepared to pay just shy of $40. If it's a no parking area, you really don't want to park there. It' will cost you $70, or maybe the cost and hassle of a tow.
The paradigm has shifted. From the river to 31st and State Line to Troost/Paseo, your car needs to obey.
Oh, and if we park illegally anywhere along the streetcar route our vehicles will never be seen again...
KCPD was historically responsible for this service, but somehow the city took it over a dozen years ago. The city is not really equipped to administer this service and the funding for it was nearly non-existent. As result, downtown parking ended up being mostly unenforced and people parked with relative impunity.
Along with the PD taking over again, the patrol staffing has been expanded 5 fold.
Free parking has ended. If you are in a two hour zone, you better be back to your car in 1:59, or be prepared to pay just shy of $40. If it's a no parking area, you really don't want to park there. It' will cost you $70, or maybe the cost and hassle of a tow.
The paradigm has shifted. From the river to 31st and State Line to Troost/Paseo, your car needs to obey.
Oh, and if we park illegally anywhere along the streetcar route our vehicles will never be seen again...
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Does KC have any on-street ticket dispensing parking machines that take cards yet?
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Who should one contact about a vehicle parked in violation of time or space, and what is the best way to do so?
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The have set up a couple pilot ones. One is on walnut from 11th to 12th.mean wrote:Does KC have any on-street ticket dispensing parking machines that take cards yet?
All meters can take cards with that parking app they partnered with.
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I believe they have said the kcpd non emergency number.Eon Blue wrote:Who should one contact about a vehicle parked in violation of time or space, and what is the best way to do so?
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I recommend downloading the cities 311 app. Quickest, easiest way to get something reported. They are very responsive.
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KCPowercat wrote:I believe they have said the kcpd non emergency number.Eon Blue wrote:Who should one contact about a vehicle parked in violation of time or space, and what is the best way to do so?
816.234.5111
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Thanks, I thought that was right and wanted to confirm.loftguy wrote:KCPowercat wrote:I believe they have said the kcpd non emergency number.Eon Blue wrote:Who should one contact about a vehicle parked in violation of time or space, and what is the best way to do so?
816.234.5111
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I think on Walnut between 11th and 12th. Also, you can use the Park Mobile app at all downtown meters.mean wrote:Does KC have any on-street ticket dispensing parking machines that take cards yet?
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I hadn't heard of the Park Mobile app. I guess that's nice. Seems to me it's probably better to have a piece of paper with an expiration time on it visible on your dash than to trust a potentially flaky app running on a potentially flaky device running on a potentially flaky mobile network connected to a potentially flaky internet, etc etc. But at least there are options.
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There are also some of those machines along Locust between 10th & 11th.smh wrote:I think on Walnut between 11th and 12th. Also, you can use the Park Mobile app at all downtown meters.mean wrote:Does KC have any on-street ticket dispensing parking machines that take cards yet?
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That is a rather nice feature.
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On a unrelated note to this topic, we can go 2-for-2 on "useful Britishisms" in this thread by noting that everyone needs to call the ticket machines on Walnut and Locust pay and display machines.pash wrote: The great thing about the app is that you can top-up your time without having to return to your car. Well, at least you can in other cities—I haven't used it here yet. Does anybody know whether that feature's enabled in KC?
Back on topic, I'm surprised that pay and display ticket systems haven't caught on more broadly in the US...my best guess is due to the usual inertia/laziness.
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Yes it sends you a reminder a few minutes before expiration and has the ability to top up time.pash wrote:The great thing about the app is that you can top-up your time without having to return to your car. Well, at least you can in other cities—I haven't used it here yet. Does anybody know whether that feature's enabled in KC?mean wrote:I hadn't heard of the Park Mobile app. I guess that's nice. Seems to me it's probably better to have a piece of paper with an expiration time on it visible on your dash than to trust a potentially flaky app running on a potentially flaky device running on a potentially flaky mobile network connected to a potentially flaky internet, etc etc. But at least there are options.
Also, it really isn't flaky. It works quite well.
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Agreed, tried it out once when it was brand new. It worked very well!smh wrote:Yes it sends you a reminder a few minutes before expiration and has the ability to top up time.pash wrote:The great thing about the app is that you can top-up your time without having to return to your car. Well, at least you can in other cities—I haven't used it here yet. Does anybody know whether that feature's enabled in KC?mean wrote:I hadn't heard of the Park Mobile app. I guess that's nice. Seems to me it's probably better to have a piece of paper with an expiration time on it visible on your dash than to trust a potentially flaky app running on a potentially flaky device running on a potentially flaky mobile network connected to a potentially flaky internet, etc etc. But at least there are options.
Also, it really isn't flaky. It works quite well.
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you're welcome to come help me convince the people who own property and businesses down here that it's in their best interest. been tryin'...pash wrote:Why in God's name don't they put in more meters?
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You've got Crossroads restaurant owners who are livid that their employees are getting ticketed outside their business for parking throughout the day in two hour zones.DaveKCMO wrote:you're welcome to come help me convince the people who own property and businesses down here that it's in their best interest. been tryin'...pash wrote:Why in God's name don't they put in more meters?
We have a real learning curve to get around, when it comes to parking.
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It's to the point where someone should just write a dummys guide to urban parking. Let's levelset everybody to get on the same page.