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That's good. I had no idea. I didn't pay when I went a few months ago. I'm fairly certain it wasn't in error--the gates were up. Maybe it's a new thing.
The only issue is it will increase the pressure on the small amount of nearby free parking. There is of course an easy solution to that too.
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Sometimes it feels like an Abbott and Costello routine around here.
There is n
o charge to park at the market on Saturday mornings between 7am and 2pm:
"Free on Saturdays from 7 a.m. - 2 p.m., Free Sundays, Monday - Friday $3.20 for the first two hours, $1.65 for each additional 1/2 hour to a daily maximum of $14.50."
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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So ... it seems that the City of Kitchener (which owns the parking garage) and the Kitchener Market (which runs the market) don't agree on whether Saturdays are free or not.
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Having driven to the underground parking at the market twice in the last 30 days with mobility challenged visitors my personal experience is that there is no fee.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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Yes it is. I actually walked from uptown Waterloo to there last weekend (And that is a lot more than 3 blocks).
I am sure that some of these people that are complaining about walking 2 blocks would not even get out of their car if they could drive it right into the building up to the vendor kiosk if they could.
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You have to wonder what solutions exist, because people are going to continue to behave the same way until we develop some sort of system to change the behaviour. Perhaps parking facilities could update their capacity in real-time so that people would no in advance that a particular garage is full and go to a further one with available parking first. That sort of data could then potentially be incorporated into mapping software so that you would be directed to the nearest available parking instead of the actual location.
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04-30-2018, 02:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-30-2018, 02:10 PM by danbrotherston.)
Ironic given several people said they go to St Jacobs instead because parking.
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Not that it would solve the "problem", but how is it possible that they haven't yet obliged Market vendors and employees to park elsewhere? Seems like a no-brainer.