Thread Revival... Let me start by saying... "suck it" bandito.
My city parking history... (very interesting please do read)
I used to park my car and bike in the Bentall 5 parkade (I paid $200+).
They were cool... gave me a little tag to put on my bike. Life was good.
3 yrs later I am back downtown... I am paying ($250) for another parkade. (wife's building parkade) We usually drive into work, so ideally I may bring my bike in 1-2 times a week at most. Impark wants an extra $80/a month on top!
Currently, all the bike spots are all empty.. That's $10 a day... not bad but come on...
$330/month total is nuts.
Here's a website that points out a bunch of spots... it looks amazing when you first open it... lots of blue dots!
http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/motorcycles-and-scooters.aspx
NOTE: This website has mistakes within it...
After a phone call to verify with a Vancouver city parking dude...
I inquired about a spot on the corner of Thurlow and Hastings... (it says $5 all day on the website, sounds great! what a deal right???!!!! )
He told me "that's wrong! it's actually $5/hr! and you will pay half of that, since you're a bike... so $2.50/hr"....
I say "wow, that's only $20 a day" he says "HOLYSHIT!!! WHAT A RIPOFF!! and VANCOUVER plans on being the greenest city by 2020!!!" followed by maniac laughter! " Dude. WHAT A JOKE"
He apologizes, and doesn't think anyone will fix the website, "Sorry... oh look it's my break time... " :evilgrin
Anyway, I found another spot around the corner on Cordova for $2/hr.
It will still run you $16 a day if you use "pay by phone". sit's 3-4 bikes. NOTE: The meter actually won't display the time. Most likely everyone will use "pay by phone"...
If everyone uses coins... the spot shows the time on the meter and the entire spot
is shared at $2/hr as long as there is time on the meter. Look forward to a ticket.
Get this: with pay by phone... the city will make $60-80 a day off that puny spot. While a fucking car spot will make $24 a day on the same street.
That's all I have. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.:gun:gun:gun:gun:firemad