The two lights in the alley along the west wall of the 4th Street parking garage are out. The one closest to the photographer in this photo has been out since a few weeks after the garage opened. I would suspect that they are both still under warranty. The alley is pretty dark, the photo is misleading as to the light level there. Thanks, Brian
Multiple abandoned cars, trucks, and boats. These vehicles have been at the Sunoco gas station for years, they are all in non-operable condition. Most of these vehicles have no licenses plates or expired plates.
I park on 6th street between Morton and College 5 days out of the week as I work on the square. About 60% of the time the meter will read my card as declined which causes me to move spots or try to find change to fill up the meter. I had to move 3 times on 12/2 because the first meter was blank, I was told to move and when I did that meter declined my card so I moved again and that one took my card. The same issue happened today but I didn’t have a space to move to so I put in what change I had, went into where I work and got 4 more quarters and put those in and then proceeded to do the pay by phone via a guest on the app to add the needed 6.5 hours. My confirmation email told me I had until 7:03pm but the amount paid total should have went until about 8:30pm. With no guarantee of not getting a ticket, my coworker went down and put enough in to go until 8:58pm just to be safe. So a total of almost $16 to park for 8.5 hours. The meters not working properly is a continued issue for me. I have lived in Bloomington my entire life and I’ve worked downtown for 4 years always using metered parking. It wouldn’t be a big deal to me if this didn’t happen to me multiple times a week. I call every so often to inform the city of Bloomington parking about the issues I have and I’m usually told there is no way to prevent getting a ticket even if the order is put in, I just have to contest the ticket with hopes it will be dismissed. It is just frustrating to me because I always pay and I’m more often than not completely inconvenienced or late to work trying to deal with the issues with the meter. It’s just disappointing as a life resident here that has to use that parking every day. I’m hoping this reaches someone that can try to address some of these issues.
A covered truck has been parked in front of 816 w Kirkwood for a couple of weeks
A truck with the license plate 56073V is blocking two spots on e 6th street
vehicle parked on lawn for several days.
This car has been parked and not moved in several days. It is in a residential permitted location and does not have a permit that I can see. It is blocking access to uber pickups for the elderly neighbor that lives at 713 W 7th.
This car has been parked and not moved in several days in a restricted neighborhood parking location. It does not have a parking permit that I could see. It also blocks an elderly neighbor’s access to Uber and taxi pick up, she does not drive.
Vehicle parked in yard for 2 days now.
Abandoned yellow Hyundai accent - sitting for at least a year, plates expired 2022