Meetings By The Meter: Parking Costs Curb Participation In Fort Worth Public Meetings

Arlington TX

31 May, 2022

5:16 PM

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By Rachel Behrndt, Fort Worth Report May 30, 2022 Dan Haase spends about $6 a month on parking at Fort Worth's City Hall. As representative for his Central Meadowbrook neighborhood, Haase tries to attend the meetings his neighbors might not be able to make. Those $6 add up. Haase's potential yearly contribution of about $72 for parking is part of a yearly revenue of $131,700 that the city generates from parking around City Hall. The price of public participation goes up when parking tickets are factored in. The city brought in an additional $10,000 in parking tickets on the streets surrounding Fort Worth City Hall over the past year. That brings the city's total income from parking to about $141,000. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.