BART Launches Reserved, Paid-Parking Program.News Editors OAKLAND Oakland, city (1990 pop. 372,242), seat of Alameda co., W Calif., on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1852. Together with San Francisco and San Jose, the city comprises the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002 BART officials launched BART's monthly reserved, paid-parking program today (Tuesday Tuesday: see week. , Nov. 12, 2002) at BART's Lake Merritt For the BART station, see . Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon that lies just east of downtown Oakland, California. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. A popular 3.5 mile (~5.6 km) walking and jogging path runs along its perimeter. Parking lot. Starting Dec. 1, 2002, BART will reserve up to 25 percent of the parking spaces in most of its 29 existing parking lots for the Monthly Reserved Parking program -- that's more than 9,500 spaces systemwide. Spaces will be phased in based upon demand. Permits will be station specific and cost $63 per month. Up to 10 cars can be registered to a permit so that families can move their permit among their various vehicles. The permit will guarantee the user parking in a designated parking area located close to the station entrance until 10 a.m. each Monday Monday: see week. through Friday. Unfilled parking spaces in the designated area will be free and open to all BART riders after 10 a.m. The other 75 percent of the parking spaces will be free and open to all BART passengers. Since BART began accepting subscriptions to the service last week, more than 600 customers have signed up for Reserved Paid Parking. BART patrons can purchase a permit via the BART web page (www.bart.gov/parking). Those without Internet access See how to access the Internet. may buy them by calling 1-800-676-1611. BART officials recommend registering by Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the since it is the simpler process. The monthly Reserved Parking Program is patterned after BART's successful pilot parking program at the West Oakland station. BART Community Service Assistants (CSAs) will enforce the permit requirements and may issue citations to violators. |
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