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Mini Poll: Has Your Parking Meter Expired?


Current Totals:

Have you parked at a meter in the City of St. Louis in the past year?


Yes:
 94%
No:
 6%

 

Did you put money in a City of St. Louis parking meter in the past year?


Yes:
 91%
No, I didn't have any change:
 1%
No, it was after hours:
 2%
No, the meter was broken:
 1%
No, there was some time left on the meter:
 1%
I have not parked at a City meter in the past year:
 5%

 

Which of the following best describes the condition of the meter at which you parked?


Seemed new, worked fine:
 32%
Seemed new, broken:
 3%
Seemed old, worked fine:
 54%
Seemed old, broken:
 5%
I have not parked at a City meter in the past year:
 6%

 

While shopping or dining in Downtown St. Louis, would you rather park off-street in a garage or on-street in a meter?


Garage:
 36%
Meter:
 64%

 

While shopping or dining in the Central West End, would you rather park off-street in a garage or on-street in a meter?


Garage:
 28%
Meter:
 72%

 

Have you received more than one parking ticket in the City of St. Louis in the past year?


Yes:
 26%
No, just one:
 22%
No tickets at all:
 53%

 

Do you currently have an unpaid parking ticket in the City of St. Louis?


Yes:
 4%
Probably:
 2%
Probably not:
 6%
No:
 87%

 

Have you ever used the administrative adjudication process devised by St. Louis City Treasurer Larry Williams to appeal or protest a parking ticket?


Yes:
 14%
No:
 86%

 

Have you ever paid a City of St. Louis parking ticket on-line?


Yes:
 32%
No:
 41%
No, I didn’t even know that you could:
 27%

 

What is the longest you have ever parked your car at a meter?


An hour or less:
 3%
Between 1 and 2 hours:
 46%
Between 3 and 5 hours:
 35%
Between 6 and 12 hours:
 11%
More than 12 hours, but less than 24 hours:
 2%
For more than 24 hours:
 2%
I have never parked at a meter:
 1%

 

Who do you think has the greatest interest in keeping parking meters?


Merchants who want there to be parking available around their stores, restaurants, and shops:
 26%
Municipalities that collect parking revenue:
 65%
Parking enforcement officers:
 6%
The companies that manufacture meters:
 2%
The people who install and service meters:
 1%
Auto repair shops:
 0%

 

Whose parking enforcement officers are more diligent, Clayton's or the City's?


Clayton:
 30%
City of St. Louis:
 23%
They are about the same, diligent:
 44%
There are about the same, not diligent:
 3%

 

Which of the following statements comes closer to your view?


Municipal parking garages should be constructed and operated out of parking fines and fees generated by the garages themselves:
 77%
Municipal parking garages should be constructed and operated using tax dollars:
 23%

 

Would you be willing to payer higher sales taxes, rents, or prices to subsidize free parking in the City's business districts the way shoppers in suburban malls and shopping areas do?


Yes:
 35%
No:
 65%

 

Do you think other business districts – like Euclid and S. Grand – should have free parking on Saturdays the way parts of the downtown central business district does?


Yes:
 67%
No:
 14%
Maybe:
 19%

 

Have you ever confronted a parking enforcement officer while your car was being ticketed?


Yes, and I got out of the ticket:
 8%
Yes, but I did not get out of the ticket:
 23%
No:
 69%

 

How do you think the meter parking rates in the City of St. Louis compare to meter parking rates in other big cities?


St. Louis is higher:
 11%
St. Louis is lower:
 41%
St. Louis is about the same as most other cities:
 48%

 

Do you think bicycles, motorcycles, and scooters should have to pay for on-street parking like cars do?


Yes, all of them:
 27%
Yes, scooters and motorcycles only:
 38%
Yes, motorcycles only:
 17%
No, none of them:
 18%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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