Cherry Creek North Parking – Quarters Not Required
January 31st, 2010 Categories: Life In Denver
The Cherry Creek North neighborhood – Denver’s “Gold Coast” – added a call-in parking alternative in November.
This seems like a great alternative to saving quarters, or trying to keep the parking machines from tearing up your credit card. So far, though, the buzz is that people aren’t taking to the phone-in alternative.
Setting up an account is easy, but thinking about it ahead of time is probably part of the problem. Shoppers don’t usually plan in advance. Diners in the neighborhood rarely make a reservation, and more often just troll the restaurants looking for an available table.
This is a great solution for Cherry Creek regulars or workers.
If you’d like to try the phone-in option for Cherry Creek parking you can call 888-480-7275 or go to www.paybyphone.com.
Once you sign up for the service, you’ll call the toll-free number and enter your location number. Your credit card will be charged and you’ll get the added bonus of a text message reminder before your parking time expires. Another convenience is that you can add to your time (up to the 3 hour limit) without having to walk back to your car to do it.
The Denver Public Works Department is trying this new system for a 6 month trial. If it doesn’t catch on, they may eliminate it. If it does, they’ll look at expanding the program to other areas of the city.
I have plenty of quarters, but when I run out, I may try this system. If you want to look for houses in the Cherry Creek area, let me know – I’ll cover the parking!
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It cracks me up how complicated the signs get with these new fangled ways to pay for parking. I did a post about new style parking meters (Cambridge isn’t nearly as advanced as Cherry Creek – we’ve just added credit card payments – phoning it in is something else entirely) and the photo had three signs on one post to explain the parking options. Not sure what I think about charging in lieu of quarters – I thought groceries on a credit card was bad enough. Convenient though.
Liz
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Ha! I used to hate the idea of groceries on a credit card too. But it’s awfully convenient… remains to be seen if this parking scenario is convenient.
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Great to know! I’ve been looking for more on this topic.