Dallas to avoid Texas-OU parking woes
City issues signs, makes private lots buy permits
Updated: Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009, 10:56 AM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009, 10:51 AM CDT
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas seeks to avoid a repeat of parking problems as fans converge on Fair Park for Saturday's Texas-Oklahoma football game .
Last year dozens of fans, after the game at the Cotton Bowl , discovered their vehicles had been towed from private lots that they thought were legitimate.
Some people falsely posed as parking attendants, accepted payments and then disappeared. More than 40 vehicles were towed.
The Dallas Morning News reports the city this year requires private parking lots around Fair Park to buy permits and display city-issued signs.
Dallas parking and transportation staffers will be spot-checking the Fair Park. Towing companies also are receiving a letter from the city advising of the new procedures.
A nonparking option is Dallas Area Rapid Transit's green rail line , which recently began serving Fair Park.
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