Parking Meters Invade Crossroads

By DAVID MARTIN

After a consultant encouraged the city of Kansas City, Missouri, to collect more revenue from on-street parking, meters have begun to appear outside the downtown loop.

A row of parking meters now lines the west side of Baltimore Avenue, between Truman Road and 16th Street. More machines are on the way. “In time, additional meters will find their way into the Crossroads,” says Dennis Gagnon, the spokesman for the city’s Capital Improvements Management Office.