I noticed that Safeway on River Avenue has hired Impark to Police their lot. There were 5 guys there yesterday and they were handing out tickets and towing cars if you weren't a customer of their's, Hakim or Starbucks.
The Parking Wars of Osborne Village rear their heads again eh.
Such a lot so near many downtowns would not be so accessible. If a few tickets cure the illegal parkers and leave room for real customers it's not such a bad thing...
Yeah...it's hard to argue...it's a free lot in an area with high demand, so they have to be aggressive. Fact is if I couldn't pull into a convenient spot at that Safeway when I'm driving, I'd probably pass it by in favour of someplace else.
Impark has a system set up to monitor and ticket / tow cars. OBO still provides security for the store itself.
I guess Safeway has finally got the message from and for their customers. At times, the lot would be full, while only a dozen shoppers were in Safeway.
In the early morning, one can see all the people from the retail stores in the area parking their own cars on the Safeway lot and going to Starbuck's for a coffee then on to work. The side streets have limited parking and Safeway didn't.
I wonder what impact this will have on the area. Parking is a big issue imo.
the parking lot behind the exlesor is for the little 1 story building behind it witch is a data colecting company that all the feedback cards you see in stores are compiled and turned into colour full charts