{"id":1313865,"date":"2019-08-22T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=986449"},"modified":"2019-08-22T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T18:13:05","slug":"commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners approve higher parking rates at Aspen airport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New parking fees will be charged at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport starting next month to discourage scofflaws who are eating up spaces when they aren\u2019t flying.<\/p>\n

The Pitkin County commissioners approved a staff proposal for the new rates Wednesday. The new fees will go into effect Sept. 11 when there is a necessary second vote of approval.<\/p>\n

In Lot A, closest to the terminal, the new rate will be free for the first 30 minutes, $2 for the next 30 minutes and $6 per hour for every hour between 2 and 12. There will be a maximum charge of $40. After the 12-hour time limit, the rate will convert to the daily rate of $12.<\/p>\n

Motorists using Lots B and C will get a discount for walking slightly further. The first 30 minutes will be free and the next 30 minutes will be $1 and the next hour will be $1. Every hour from 2 to 12 hours will be $6 per hour with a maximum of $40. After 12 hours, the daily rate of $6 will kick in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can support this. I think it\u2019s fair,\u201d County Commissioner Patti Clapper said.<\/p>\n

The first hour is currently free at the short- and long-term lots. The short-term lot charges $2 per hour with a $12 daily maximum. The long-term lot charges $1 per hour with a daily maximum of $6.<\/p>\n

At those rates, everyone from commuters to Aspen to backpackers in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness are flocking to the airport parking, county officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating a price structure to deter non-flying parkers will help increase parking spots for the flying public,\u201d said a memo to the commissioners from Airport Director John Kinney. Critics have previously complained that it comes at the expense of people legitimately using the airport.<\/p>\n

Kinney told the commissioners there is a shortage of parking this summer at the airport for a variety of reasons. A big factor is increased activity. In June, there were 45 additional commercial flights compared with June 2018. That resulted in an increase of 8.5% in passengers.<\/p>\n

In addition, the airport finally had to implement an elimination of curbside parking dictated by the Transportation Security Administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to skirt it for how long?\u201d Commissioner Greg Poschman asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout 10 years,\u201d Kinney replied.<\/p>\n

Motorists picking up passengers often used that curbside parking. Since it\u2019s been eliminated, they are using other parking areas. As an alternative, the county will add a cellphone waiting area with 50 parking spaces for people waiting to pick up an arriving airline passenger.<\/p>\n

The county will publicize the increased rates over the next three weeks before implementing them Sept. 11.<\/p>\n

scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New parking fees will be charged at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport starting next month to discourage scofflaws who are eating up spaces when they aren\u2019t flying. The Pitkin County commissioners approved a staff proposal for the new rates Wednesday. The new fees will go into effect Sept. 11 when there is a necessary second vote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1313865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 10:08:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}