SameOldSchmidt

Here’s the quintessential blog post: A dude rambling about parking.  Web 2.0 is here!

So, anyway, parking in downtown Lincoln can be a beeyotch. My employer has their own lots, but they had a long waiting list.

When I first started working downtown I found an open lot where you can pay daily, sticking $3 cash into a little mailbox slot. The location of that lot was pretty great for me, but that does add up to about $60.00/month for just an open, uncovered lot. If you had to move your car for any reason you were taking a chance that your spot might be gone when you came back, and you had to pay another $3.00, too.

So we put my name on a few waiting lists for garages downtown and I got into one for $65.00/month (seemed to be what most places were charging). It was covered, which was nice - no boiling hot car interior in the summer - and the location was pretty good. A big plus was that I could use it after-hours, if we were downtown for dinner or a movie or whatever.

So the other day my name came up on the waiting list at my job, and I got my pass for one of the employee lots this morning.  I’m pretty happy, since they were telling me the waiting list was literally years long. It’s much cheaper, $24.00/month, so that’s great, although it is uncovered and won’t be very useful outside of work due to its location.  I’m still glad to have it, ‘cuz $65.00/month for parking did seem like quite a bit.

So to all my pals back in Jefferson City: Appreciate your free parking lot right in front of the office!

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