Cash Flows In From Ticket Gates

One year into the ticket gate experiment at La Crosse’s downtown parking ramps, the city has earned 120-thousand dollars from people parking for long hours.

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And crews have spent time and money having to fix broken gates. Assistant public works director Bob Haines finds damage to the ticket machines and gates about once a week, and he thinks human error is to blame for many of the problems.

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The gates were turned on last April 22nd. They’ve brought in nearly 40-thousand dollars since New Year’s. But Haines says 85 per cent of the drivers don’t stay in the ramps long enough to pay fees.