Similar to how sports teams have created premium seating with exclusive benefits for fans willing to pay extra, one suburb is offering commuters a chance to buy guaranteed parking in the best spaces at its Metra station.
Applications became available Tuesday for Barrington’s new premium commuter parking permit that will cost $1,200 a year for a space. A quarterly permit for a first-come, first-serve space will be $200, or $800 a year, as of Oct. 1, and the daily fee will rise 50 cents to $3.50, also on Oct. 1.
About 90 premium spots are expected, but that will depend on demand, said Patty Dowd Schmitz, the village’s director of communications, marketing and events. The premium spaces will be those closest to the downtown Barrington Metra station.
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big f$cking shooters///no problem for them ..
How does the government get to discriminate. Everyone that pays taxes should have equal access, on a first come basis.
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Sports teams are a private business, government is not. The analogy fails, I agree with Mike Hannigan. What next free government weed to the first 25 who sign up…..