Bismarck offers free nighttime parking at 3rd St. ramp
By Matt Bunk / April 12, 2012 / Bismarck News, News, Top Stories / 1 Comment
Free parking isn’t just a space on a Monopoly board anymore. It’s also a convenience Bismarck is offering for a limited time at one of its downtown ramps. The Bismarck Parking Authority voted unanimously Thursday to allow free nighttime parking in the ramp on Third Street until the end of this year. It’s a sort [...]
Read More →Downtown Bismarck’s parking problems too big to ignore
By Shawn McKenna / April 11, 2012 / Bismarck News, News, Top Stories / No Comments
UPDATE: The Bismarck Parking Authority will hold a meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow (April 12) to re-open the discussion about free parking in the ramps at night. The meeting will be on the second floor of Bismarck City Hall. John Lengenfeld and a couple of his buddies drove around in circles one recent Friday night before they [...]
Read More →The hard reality of a perceived parking problem
By Matt Bunk / October 7, 2011 / Matt Bunk's Column, Opinion / 2 Comments
Downtown Bismarck has more parking spaces than it needs. There is no lack of parking. There has never been a lack of parking. Does that sound crazy to you? It should. Yet that’s what the Bismarck Parking Authority has been saying for years. To be completely fair, there’s some logic behind that argument. It goes [...]
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