{"id":2447835,"date":"2019-08-21T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=311619"},"modified":"2019-08-21T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:00:00","slug":"commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners approve higher parking rates at Aspen airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.5796766743649\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-311619-617\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Airportparking-atd-050419-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Airportparking-atd-050419-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Aspen Times file | Curbside parking was eliminated at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport by order of the TSA. That has forced some motorists into the parking lots and has reduced availability of spaces.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Curbside parking was eliminated at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport by order of the TSA. That has forced some motorists into the parking lots and has reduced availability of spaces.<\/strong><br \/>Aspen Times file<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Airportparking-atd-050419-2.jpg\" alt=\"Curbside parking was eliminated at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport by order of the TSA. That has forced some motorists into the parking lots and has reduced availability of spaces.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Airportparking-atd-050419-2-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Airportparking-atd-050419-2-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy image | Pitkin County's new parking plan for the airport features three lots rather than the existing two and a dedicated\" cell phone for motorists waiting to pick up arriving class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Pitkin County&#8217;s new parking plan for the airport features three lots rather than the existing two and a dedicated &#8220;cell phone waiting area&#8221; for motorists waiting to pick up arriving passengers.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/Airportparking-atd-050419-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pitkin County's new parking plan for the airport features three lots rather than the existing two and a dedicated \" cell phone for motorists waiting to pick up arriving><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI can support this. I think it\u2019s fair,\u201d County Commissioner Patti Clapper said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In addition, the airport finally had to implement an elimination of curbside parking dictated by the Transportation Security Administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe were able to skirt it for how long?\u201d Commissioner Greg Poschman asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAbout 10 years,\u201d Kinney replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">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<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The county will publicize the increased rates over the next three weeks before implementing them Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:scondon@aspentimes.com\">scondon@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/commissioners-approve-higher-parking-rates-at-aspen-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curbside parking was eliminated at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport by order of the TSA. That has forced some motorists into the parking lots and has reduced availability of spaces.Aspen Times file Pitkin County&#8217;s new parking plan for the airport features three lots rather than the existing two and a dedicated &#8220;cell phone waiting area&#8221; for [&hellip;]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 12:20:14","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}