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CUTE 'N' COMFY Shaking things up with a rooftop adventure
About a week ago, Robert and I went on another little adventure in downtown Fargo. We set out to go for a walk but ended watching the Pride Parade on Broadway, got coffee at our favorite FM coffee sho...
Posted on 8/21/12 at 12:15 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONS The Politics of Parking
Before I start today's column, I want to remind you to pay particular attention to shade and water for any animals under your care as it is finally hot! GN I would like to talk about the politics of...
Posted on 7/1/11 at 6:08 AM
NASCAR DAD Parking Meters
Invented in 1935 by Carl Magee, idea of a coin operated clockwork device to control parking. Was called "Black Maria" but later changed to "Park-O-Meter". First used in Oklahoma Ci...
Posted on 8/19/09 at 5:46 PM
Pete Langr: New rental ordinance already needs work 
The well-meaning (but dramatically off-target) city proposal to regulate rental housing moved forward this week. City councilors, equally well-meaning, voted to pass the ordinance.
By Pete Langr , December 23, 2010
Pete Langr: Duluth’s rental reform should be withdrawn, redone
Thirty years ago, when residents in the neighborhood adjacent to Mankato State University complained about college students parking on “their” streets, the city simply posted the streets as “no parking.”
By Pete Langr , December 09, 2010
Pete Langr: Parking incentives sometimes backfire
In truth, all forms of transportation — including walking — are heavily
subsidized, so generalized complaining about a specific transportation subsidy is little more than foolishness.
By Pete Langr , October 30, 2010
Kristi Stokes: It’s time to revisit parking management downtown
It’s encouraging that the city’s parking commission is pushing to test more technologically advanced meters. Pilot sites would eventually host credit card reading meters.
By Kristi Stokes , July 22, 2010
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Duluth City Council to discuss two-hour limit at downtown parking meters
Tonight, the Duluth City Council will discuss whether to extend the time limit on downtown parking meters, possibly boosting it from one hour to two.
By Peter Passi , June 14, 2010
Police: Park odd or be towed
You should have moved your car before 8 p.m. Sunday or you'll risk ticket-tow in Duluth.
December 27, 2009
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Guest View: Handicapped parking often abused and/or poorly designed
Doctors and others appear to hand out disability parking permits to anyone with a sore toe or a mild case of pink eye.
By Jeff Anderson , December 17, 2009
Virgil Swing: Abuse of disabled permits not a victimless crime
All those I talked to stressed they don’t want to end free parking at meters for disabled people — only to control abuse by able-bodied drivers.
By Virgil Swing , December 03, 2009
BUZZ: No breaks for parking at Bayfront
November 24, 2009
Notorious Yoshiko Sauna in Lincoln Park/West End demolished
Kevin Lund enjoys demolition work. But he especially enjoyed the job he did Thursday. Sitting at the controls of a Caterpillar excavator, Lund used the machine’s bucket and mechanical claw to tear apart the notorious Yoshiko Sauna, former home to an alleged prostitution operation in Duluth’s Lincoln Park/West End.
By Steve Kuchera , October 30, 2009
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Canal Park meters now take plastic
Almost every last bit of free public parking in Duluth’s Canal Park disappeared this week with the advent of four new parking kiosks.
August 12, 2009
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