What could possibly go wrong?!!------New parking system to roll out in Detroit

New parking system to roll out in Detroit | Crain's Detroit Business

6. The entire system is expected to be rolled out by June. So the change, whatever it is, is coming fast.

7. Brown told the DDP meeting that the new system will reduce the number of city employees dealing with parking violations from 50 to five. But, he said, no layoffs are coming; instead the 45 employees would be sent to other departments.

8. Finally, Brown said he hopes to reintroduce a reduced parking fine for those who pay within a certain period of time. Before former Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr jacked up parking tickets to $45 last February, most came with a $20 tab —or $10 if you paid them within 10 days.

Many small business owners in Detroit complain about the broken meters surrounding them and say specter of a $45 ticket prevents people from shopping in their businesses. Technically, you can be ticketed for parking at a broken meter. But because it’s broken —and in some cases every meter on the block is broken —you can’t pay. So as a patron you are forced to choose between supporting a local business and taking a $45 ticket. That’s an economic choice nobody wants to make.

More details to come as the city rolls them out.