July 9, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Tensions over parking rates
Chinatown/International District should have free parking
![The parking meter near the entrance to the Sea Garden Restaurant shows the enforcement hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. [Greg Gilbert, The Seattle Times.]](http://seattletimes.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/northwestvoices/files/2013/07/detail-300x223.jpg)
The parking meter near the entrance to the Sea Garden Restaurant shows the enforcement hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. [Greg Gilbert, The Seattle Times.]
It is obvious that Seattle City Council members Tim Burgess and Tom Rasmussen have not been anywhere near the Chinatown/International District in a long time. [“Parking-rate critics target McGinn,” NW Friday, July 5.]
The massive long-term disruption along South Jackson Street by the First Hill trolley construction project is undeniable. Parking should be free in the core Chinatown/Little Saigon area to partially mitigate this disruption.
William Bayley, Seattle
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