Refusal of a credit card payment for a taxicab fare remains a violation of the Authority’s regulations. See 52 Pa. Code §1021.11 (d).  If you have questions related to this issue, please contact Jim Ney at 215-683-9417.

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“Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days”

Ok, Benjamin Franklin may have been a little harsh about having visitors, but for most of us, it’s pretty cool to get the occasional visit from a friend or family member.

If you have someone visiting from out of town, we can help make parking for them a little easier!

You have two options in regard to visitor parking; we have Temporary Permits and Day Permits.

To purchase Temporary Permits, you can visit our office at:

3101 Market Street- 2nd Floor

Monday through Friday between 8:30 AM and 4:45 PM.

You will need to bring proof of residence (driver’s license, utility bill, etc.) and the license plate information for the visitor.

Temporary Permits are $15.00 for 15 days.

To obtain Day Permit Applications you can downloaded here

(Customers are not required to come into the office to purchase Day Permits).

Day Permits are $35.00 for a pack of 5 permits and you may use them for up to one year after purchase.

If you have any additional questions regarding our Residential Permit Parking Program please feel free to visit our website: www.philapark.org.

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Request for Proposals
Ticket Processing and Enforcement Support System
Proposal No. PPA.TicketProcessing.2012

Notice to Proposers:

Sealed proposals for the provision of Ticket Processing and Enforcement Support System will be received until 10:00 a.m. on, Friday, March 23, 2012 by the Philadelphia Parking Authority (Athe Authority@), a body corporate and politic created under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accordance with the Act of June 19, 2001, P.L.287, No. 22, as amended known as the AParking Authority Law,@ in the offices of the Authority, located at 3101 Market Street – 2^nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2807.

Copies of RFP Documents may be obtained from the offices of the Authority, located at 3101 Market Street, 2^nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2895  between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, starting Monday, February 13, 2012. The fee for the Proposal document is $1000.00. Please make check or money order payable to the Philadelphia Parking Authority. An electronic version of the document may also be obtained by contacting Serena Blanco, Manager of Contract Administration at 215 683-9665.

A pre-proposal conference will be held in the offices of the Authority, 3101 Market Street – 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. All vendors wishing to submit a proposal are required to attend the pre-proposal conference.

(PHILADELPHIA) — As a precursor to the state agency rule making requirements, the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday – February 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM at the Pennsylvania Convention Center – Room 108 A&B, located at 12th & Arch Streets in center city Philadelphia, PA.

The public hearing will be to solicit public comment on the PPA’s DRAFT proposed Wheelchair Taxicab Regulation, which is intended to address the needs of the disabled community by providing for wheelchair accessible taxicabs.

Believe it or not, only 33% of violations that occur are actually ticketed! That means that 67% of the time you are getting a break!

If you happen to fall into that 33%, you do have some options.

If you want to contest a ticket, you need to schedule a hearing with the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication and there are several ways to do so.

You can follow the instructions on the back of the ticket and mail a written request for a hearing to:

• The Bureau of Administrative Adjudication PO Box 41819  Philadelphia, PA 19101

• You can go to our website at www.philapark.org

• You can also call and speak to a customer service representative at our toll-free number, 1-888-591-3636.

If you believe you were ticked in error, there are some circumstances in which you may not have to attend a hearing.

Examples of these circumstances are:

• You were ticketed for parking in a handicapped reserved space, but you had a handicapped placard displayed or have a handicapped license plate. If this happens, you can send in the ticket, along with a copy of your handicapped placard and your handicapped identification card.
• You were ticketed for parking in a Residential Permit parking zone but you have a valid Residential Parking Permit sticker. If this happens, you can send in the ticket, along with a copy of your permit sticker.
• You were ticketed for an expired meter, but you have a valid kiosk receipt showing you were paid for the time during which you received the ticket. If this happens, you can send in the ticket, along with a copy of the kiosk receipt.

Send all required information to:

The Parking Violation Branch

PO Box 41819

Philadelphia, PA 19101

The information will be reviewed and you will receive a reply letter with the status of the ticket within 30 days.

Don’t wait until the last minute, why not visit Jeweler’s Row and start your shopping now?

While you are looking for that perfect gift for your special someone on Jeweler’s Row, take advantage of our great rates at our 8th and Chestnut Street lot, located at 801 Chestnut Street.

Early Bird Special- $12.00 Enter by 9:00 AM and exit by 6:00 PM

Evening Rate- $7.00  after 5:00 PM

Weekend Rate- $8.00 Saturday & Sunday

Daily Rates: Up to ½ hour $5.00 1 hour 9.00 1 ½ hours 14.00 2 hours 17.00 Up to 24 hours 20.00

8th and Chestnut Street Lot is a Pay & Display Parking Lot with 2 Kiosks – Upon entering and parking in a designated space, please proceed to the kiosk area to pay for your parking fee in advance with coin, bill, credit/debit card or Smart Card.

Take your receipt, display it on your dashboard and get shopping!

8th and Chestnut St Lot operates 24 hours/7 days a week and is enforced by our Parking Enforcement Officers. If you have any questions feel free to call 215-683-9413

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Early Bird        $12.00 Enter by 10AM – Exit by 6PM
Up to 3 Hours    $9.50
Up to 12 Hours $18.00
Evening  Rate    $7.50 Enter after 4PM and Exit by 12 midnight

For some reason (only known to them), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) changes the way the date is listed on inspection stickers every two years. This obviously makes for confusing situations when it comes to reading the expiration date on the stickers.

The inquiries we’ve received recently are for vehicles that have inspection stickers that read “11 12”.  The normal thought process is to read those stickers as having an expiration date at the end of November 2012- but unfortunately that is not the case.

These stickers expired at the end of December 2011.

So how are you supposed to know how to read your stickers?  What is the secret code?

We have a few clues that can help you decipher the expiration date.

First- remember, you cannot use logic and read the date as you would usually (month/year) because this may not always be the case.  And seriously, you know you are dealing with a government agency when you have to start off by saying “remember, you cannot use logic”.

Here is an easy way to figure out when your inspection expires:

• The number indicating the MONTH will always have a solid color behind it.

• The number indicating the YEAR will always have “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” written repeatedly behind it.

The good news is that you have a grace period of 15 days after the expiration date on your stickers before a ticket can be issued.

Take a look at the following stickers for examples-

This sticker expired at the end of December 2011:

This sticker expires at the end of June 2012:

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The Philadelphia Police Department and Homeland Security has teamed with the Parking Authority to train hundreds of Parking Enforcement Officers (PEO’s) on spotting and reporting suspicious activity while on their daily beats.

Vincent J. Fenerty, Jr., the Executive Director of the PPA, had a conversation with the man in charge of Homeland Security in Philadelphia, Deputy Police Commissioner Stephen Johnson.

Johnson stated that, “Educating Parking Authority employees on potential threats makes sense. I don’t see this as being difficult. I see this as having 500 fresh sets of eyes out there that will assist us resolving some of our difficulties.”

The PEO’s were happy to receive the training and have been using their new techniques to insure public safety everyday.

Johnson also stated that there are certain circumstances to watch out for, including sagging cars, smoking cars, and cars parked illegally near building entrances.

Parking Authority employees work throughout the city patrolling streets, at Authority parking lots, and at Philadelphia International Airport, making their presence an invaluable asset to the City in its fight against terrorism.

When you were a kid, waking up to see all of that snow was awesome! Unfortunately, as an adult, not so much.  So you wake up in the morning before work and shovel your car out of the mess.  Then you proceed to do some back breaking work to clear the spot where your car was parked.

What to do now? You did all of the hard work, why should someone else be allowed to come along and park in that spot? You should do something to block off that space so you can park in it when you get home, right?

Unfortunately…wrong.

As unfair as it seems, the law prohibits you from claiming a parking spot on a public street to save for yourself later.

Residents through the years have used all kinds of items to block off spaces like chairs, milk crates, trash cans, cones, etc.  Fascinated by Philadelphia’s tradition, several artists came together to create the Space Savers Project.  Taking our parking saving junk and turning it into art.  Read this interesting story and connect with Space Savers on Facebook or Twitter.

Camo cones - created by Michael Konrad

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