Comments on: Dodger Fans Looking for Free Parking Crowding Streets Around Stadium

By: Wad

Wad — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:31:33 +0000

Ed Greenberg wrote:

LADOT? Metro? Step up to your responsibilities.

Both those agencies do an admirable job of carrying tens of thousands (LADOT) and more than a million (Metro) daily, even as they must try to maintain service despite falling local taxes and the state stiffing them on operating funds.

They've got bigger problems than 81 games.

It doesn't matter how deep in hock Clan McCourt had to get to acquire the Dodgers. We know what their player payroll is, so that's a crock. The McCourts can afford to pay.

L.A. fans can get to a game much easier in Anaheim without a car than they can to Chavez Ravine. Build up enough of a fan base to go to the day games and work with the Angels organization to charter a Metrolink or Amtrak train for night games to make it worth their while.

By: Ed Greenberg

Ed Greenberg — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:21:05 +0000

I won't go to a Dodger game because the county (Metro) won't run decent bus service out there. Compare with the San Francisco Bay Area, where you can use BART to get to the Oakland Coliseum or any number of options to get to AT&T park. It's not the Dodgers responsibility to pay for the "Dodger Trolley", it's our tax funded agencies job to bring peole where they want to go. LADOT? Metro? Step up to your responsibilities.

By: calwatch

calwatch — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:16:53 +0000

Or just make everything within a mile radius a Residential Permit Parking Zone like every other residential area near a stadium is, with the RPP period valid 10 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days a week. You could permit two hour parking without a sticker, but after two hours, it's a $50 ticket. They have those in Hollywood so it's not like LADOT doesn't know what a RPP is.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:36:07 +0000

I know, I said forget regulation at the top and then I said use a bit of it at the bottom. What the hell, I'm a Mets fan.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:35:12 +0000

I'd say that the best way to solve the problem, quick and easy, would be to forget DOT, parking regulations, and all that crap. Make parking at Dodger Stadium "free" by building the price of the service into the ticket. At the same time, sell a transit/ticket combo at a discount to encourage not driving to the stadium at all. I'm not sure how you could do this and not penalize pedestrians; maybe there would have to be a special "stadium on foot" ticket that would need to be purchased in advance, and possibly in person (cyclists would have it easier, as they'd have instant proof of their means of conveyance.) I know it would suck to create an unwieldy system for people doing the right thing and walking to the stadium, but as somebody who actually does that for all the games I attend, I suppose I'd be willing to suck it up a little if it would keep the car traffic off local streets - or until someone else comes up with a better idea for pedestrian fairness. Anyway, my point is that this issue is probably easiest solved by a combination of city re-regulation and the Dodgers themselves.