Can’t Find a Parking Spot in Snider Plaza?

A woman in a far away land has a solution. Genius.

Fuqua, can you sell these at Plaza Health Foods? Or as Prez of the University Park Merchants Association can you just issue a few? Let’s talk.

By Merritt Patterson Jun. 16, 2010 | 10:59 am | 13 Comments | Comments RSS
13 comments to "Can't Find a Parking Spot in Snider Plaza? "
  1. mainzer @ June 16, 2010 at 11:51 am
    Priceless!

  2. Max Fuqua @ June 16, 2010 at 1:05 pm
    This looks like it will be the run away product of the year. We are setting up an entire section of bootleg parking spaces to go in Plaza Health Foods right now!

  3. kmom @ June 16, 2010 at 1:13 pm
    This is AWESOME!

  4. Matt @ June 16, 2010 at 1:40 pm
    Need that for the new “tax” on parking in the UP residential district parking zone announced by the council. I love it—$20 to 50 bucks to park in front of your house!!

  5. A. B. @ June 16, 2010 at 3:36 pm
    I had to abandon my quest for Chick Fil A today due to total lack of parking :(

  6. kmom @ June 16, 2010 at 4:45 pm
    Chik Fil A Hillcrest, or Southwestern/75? They are so close together, you can always hop to the other one. And on Central you can park down the street at the closed Steak and Shake and walk. I wish they’d put in an In and Out Burger at the Steak & Shake!

  7. G2 @ June 16, 2010 at 5:06 pm
    @Matt — please explain the new tax on parking! Are you serious or joking? Are they really going to “tax” or charge you for parking in front your own house? And what about all the construction workers that park all over the neighborhood?

  8. Max Fuqua @ June 16, 2010 at 7:40 pm
    G2- SMU students park in residential areas near the campus instead of in campus garages as they should. The plan is to create large resident only parking zones around the campus and hire new personell to police them. As a nearby resident I think the idea has Merritt, I mean merit. I don’t look at the fee as a tax, just extra dough for an extra service.

  9. M @ June 17, 2010 at 9:56 am
    They should roll out this tax to the entire Park Cities with one change–increase it 20x to create a disincentive to park in the street. Maybe this will be the catalyst for people to park in their driveway or garage. An added bonus–fewer car break-ins.

  10. kmom @ June 17, 2010 at 11:22 am
    i think SMU should pay for it 100%

  11. Resident @ June 17, 2010 at 12:08 pm
    Maybe the best solution will be for UP to buy the homes on the 3300 Block of Rosedale. Most are duplexes with Townhomes/Apartments across the street. UP could build a garage. Perfect spot across the street from Bubbas.

  12. citygirl @ June 17, 2010 at 12:12 pm
    I will say it again! OPPOSITE SIDE OF STREET PARKING!!!!! It would remove the gauntlet we all have to navigate to get down our streets.

  13. Walt @ June 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm
    Living in the blocks east of SMU on Rosedale and Milton, SMU students during the day is NOT the issue. Workers maybe during the day, and residents at night are the main users of street parking. So, it is a tax on using the street in front of our houses, not a way to keep SMU students in the SMU garages. The side streets next to the sorority houses fill up on Monday nights, which again won’t be subjected to the tax to keep SMU students off the residential streets.

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