Signs, Signs, Everywhere's a Sign

Ah, more sign issues plaguing Philadelphia. Not just SEPTA, but also the Philadelphia Parking Authority's Kiosks. (Again with these "authorities"!) You know the PPA - those folks from the "Parking Wars" TV show.

In a recent Inky article, Melissa Dribben reported that the PPA has only received "about 200 complaints" about the Kiosks. Besides sounding like a Big Number to me, imagine all of those people who DIDN'T actually complain and that's a Much HIgher Number.

While many complaints are about the kiosks' difficulties accepting credit/debit cards, there are also problems with the signs themselves. Signs note that "25-cents equals 8 minutes." It was misleading. The machines do not calculate by quarters or 8-minute increments!

And, really, who knows what a Kiosk is anyway? Or that it's for parking?

I recently read that art/design students are re-designing the signs (for free- ah 'slave labor'!). They plan to replace the "kiosk" wording with something more user-friendly, like Pay to Park Here!!! And making color-coded, 1-2-3 step directions for the kiosks.

What? The PPA couldn't figure that out to begin with? Now they'll be spending our parking fees to Change the Signs!

Ah, Life in Philly with the PPA . . .