Will going out on Saturday Nights become more Expensive for you?

Nashville, Tenn. – You may have to start paying to park in downtown Nashville on Saturdays.
This affects over half of the Tennessee State University Student body in more ways than one.

Most students at Tennessee State University go out on the weekends to different venues around and in downtown Nashville. If the Nashville Traffic and parking commission passes this ordinance, going out on Saturday nights will become a little more expensive, especially for college students.

The Public Works Department of Nashville, TN will vote on whether to reinstate the “Saturday Enforcement” on December 9, 2009. If the Public Works Department votes to pass it, the Nashville Traffic and Parking Commission must approve the ordinance.

“I think they’re looking for another way to make money off of the hard working people of Nashville”, Jasmine Moseley, a sophomore from Nashville, TN said when asked about the possible ordinance. However, Moseley’s comments do raise some eyebrows as to the motivation behind the ordinance.

While no one from the Public Works Department could be reached for comment, in the Traffic Engineering Staff Report for The Traffic and Parking Commission of Nashville, it was discovered that one of the benefits of the “Saturday Enforcement” would be and increase of meter revenue for use by the traffic and parking operations.

For more information about the reinstatement of the “Saturday Enforcement”, you may visit:
http://www.nashville.gov/pw/pdfs/meetings/2009/091012sr.pdf

- James Wilson