Parking
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PublishedJune 30, 2023
Maine Voices: Portland forfeits revenue amid budget crisis to offer free downtown parking
The city is choosing to forgo an estimated $100,000 a year in revenue that could fund services more essential than spaces for 22 car owners.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
Augusta seeks federal grant funding to raise riverfront parking lot, add downtown observation deck
The project would reduce the frequency of — but not eliminate — flooding and add pedestrian amenities to make the riverfront more attractive.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2023
Portland issues downtown, ‘yellow’ parking ban Sunday night
To clean up from Saturday's snowstorm, the city has issued a limited ban from 10 p.m. Sunday through 6 a.m. Monday for some city streets.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2022
Workers want better, cheaper parking options in downtown Portland
Employees are coming back to offices, retail shops and other brick-and-mortar workplaces. But it's not easy to find a parking space there.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2022
Maine Voices: Heavy-handed parking enforcement does Portland a disservice
The ever-present threat of parking tickets drives people away from the city’s downtown. If only we could divert those efforts elsewhere.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Portland urged to get creative about loss of parking from outdoor dining
Portland is looking into a new outdoor dining program that would permanently close Dana and Wharf streets and part of Milk Street, but economic development committee members worry the new allowances would impact parking.
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PublishedApril 11, 2021
Bath takes control of parking lot used by shipyard, with eventual plans to turn it into a park
South End residents want the Castine Avenue parking lot to become a park, but BIW workers say that wouldn't solve the neighborhood's traffic problem.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Two city parking garages go ‘touchless’
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Portland pay as you throw program, parking regulations return June 1
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Parking district way to pay extra Metro costs, councilor says
City Councilor Kimberly Cook wants the city to find new revenue sources to fund a higher financial contribution to the bus service, rather than rely on taxpayers.
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