The new machines now deployed throughout the downtown look alike, but they are programmed to reflect the old parking ordinances. Machines in the previously metered areas, for example, must be fed a quarter for each hour's use or a ticket is the result. To help with that, parking workers are affixing the Devil Rays' schedule of game dates and times to each new machine. Third, the accursed yellow button is going. To clear up ambiguity, officials simply removed it.
Users make their choice now by selecting the amount of money they put in.
Still, by Rao's own estimation, this round of fix-ups still leaves a number of unanswered problems. For example, street parking near Tropicana Field still costs too much, he said. To fully address downtown's parking needs, Rao is submitting his plan for a comprehensive assessment of the subject, probably this week. I'll take full responsibility for that. St. Petersburg Times.