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Official Statement on Opening Day Parking from the City Of St. Louis Treasurer's Office Opening day is a proud tradition for many St. Louis residents and visitors. While our office celebrates and honors opening day, it has never been designated an official city holiday. As such, parking meter enforcement is subject to the same hours of operation as any other typical day. Parking is a public resource that should be used efficiently. On-street parking should encourage turnover, which helps business in busy areas. We encourage those who are attending opening day events for more than two hours to choose an [...]

Plans to provide cyclists a secure place to store their bikes The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office will conduct a bike rack pilot in conjunction with the Office's new meter technology roll out. The Treasurer's Office will install approximately 20 bike racks to parking meters across St. Louis in efforts to study how biking can be integrated into the city's parking infrastructure. A number of racks were also donated by Downtown STL. Bike racks attached to parking meters provide cyclists with a secure place to store their bikes in St. Louis and promote a healthier city. "As we upgrade [...]

Part of Treasurer’s Commitment to Financial Literacy Update 4.10.2015 The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office is partnering with several community organizations to host the Second Annual Financial Empowerment and Job Fair at St. Louis Community College –Forest Park on Saturday, April 25, from 11am to 3pm. This event is co-sponsored by St. Louis Community College –Forest Park, The St. Louis Agency for Training and Education (SLATE), The St. Louis Regional Unbanked Taskforce (STRUT), The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, and The United Way of Greater St. Louis and promises to be a day of family fun and financial [...]

Parkmobile is Part of Effort to Modernize City’s Parking Operation The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office is now offering a smartphone application to pay for parking meters. Parkmobile is currently being rolled out in downtown St. Louis and is expected to be up and running citywide by the end of this year. Parkmobile was chosen to be the mobile payment provider for parking in St. Louis after a six month field test of various parking technologies. Parkmobile is available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Phone and can be downloaded from your phone's app store by searching for Parkmobile. [...]

Increases to Fund New Parking Meter Technology in City Update 11.17.2014 The Parking Commission approved an increase in parking rates and violations for the City of St. Louis. The new prices are set to take effect July 1, 2015. The increases will help fund new parking meter technology in the City. Parking meter rates will increase to $1.50 an hour in high demand areas and $1.00 an hour in low demand areas. The rates are currently $1.00 an hour in downtown and 75 cents an hour in the rest of the city. The Commission also approved increases in parking violations. [...]

Goal is to Create First Class Parking Operation for City of St. Louis The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office is pleased to announce that Xerox and Parkmobile have been selected to upgrade parking meter technology in the City of St. Louis. Xerox will be responsible for upgrading parking meters and software technology, while Parkmobile will be responsible for launching a smartphone app to pay for parking. During the recent six month parking technology field test, Xerox hosted the pilot site at Euclid and Laclede in the Central West End. That site featured single space meters, multi-space meters, and smartphone [...]

Participants Can Turn Metered Spaces into Temporary Public Places The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office is looking for participants for 2014 PARK(ing) Day, which is Friday, September 19. PARK(ing) Day is a collaborative effort between the Treasurer's Office and several neighborhood organizations to find alternative uses for parking meters for a day. Parking meters are "rented" by participants and turned into temporary public places. The application deadline is August 29. The Treasurer's Office will waive the $25 application fee and the meter rental fee for PARK(ing) Day participants. No commercial activity is permitted in the PARK(ing) Day spaces. The [...]

Fulfilling Treasurer’s Mission to Help People Make Better Choices with Their Money The Ways and Means Committee of the Board of Aldermen has passed Board Bill 63, which will establish the Office of Financial Empowerment in the City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office. The bill, which was co-sponsored by Alderman Chris Carter and Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia and several members of the Ways and Means Committee, now advances to the full Board of Aldermen for approval. The Office of Financial Empowerment will be operated by the Treasurer's Office with the goal to help people, regardless of background, get on a path [...]

Study Will Evaluate Parking Operations The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office will hire Desman Associates to conduct a comprehensive study of parking in the City. Desman Associates responded to a request for proposal (RFP) to hire a consultant to evaluate the City's current on and off-street parking programs and to recommend improvements to the parking system. Desman Associates has conducted several parking studies in St. Louis, including studies for Ballpark Village, the Peabody Opera House, Grand Center, and Washington University. "The parking study will be used to reform the current parking system and offer guidance as we look to [...]

Public Feedback Will Help Create a First Class Parking Operation for St. Louis The City of St. Louis Treasurer's Office will conduct a town hall meeting to give the public the chance to meet the vendors participating in the parking technology field tests in downtown and the Central West End. The meeting will be June 24 at the Central Library in downtown. A meet and greet with the vendors will take place at 6 pm, with a presentation to begin at 7 pm. The companies participating in the town hall are: Xerox, Duncan Solutions, Aparc Systems, and a joint proposal [...]