It's hard to find on-street parking on Grand Avenue in Saint Paul.

We can make on-street parking more convenient by installing parking meters. This will have a several benefits:

• it will discourage people from hogging on-street parking spots,
• it will discourage people from "cruising for parking," by circling blocks over and over,
• it will encourage quicker turnover, allowing more people to shop at Grand Avenue establishments, and
• it will encourage more people to travel to Grand Avenue by bus or by bike.

Many studies have shown that metered parking is good for traffic congestion, the economy, and the environment. Let's try a sensible solution to Grand Avenue's parking problem. Let's ask people to pay their fair share to park on the grandest commercial corridor in the Twin Cities.