Parking

 One way the city could make downtown more welcoming is getting rid of the parking kiosks. Parking meters were originally put into downtown to stop students from parking close to campus, leaving their cars all day and avoiding the need for a parking sticker.  With the loss of large parking areas in downtown (farewell 710 Bookstore parking lot), and the drop in student population, the original need for them has vanished and parking meters are now just another revenue source for the city. I wonder if the new parking kiosks even generate enough revenue to pay for the cost of putting them in and maintaining them.