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ARTS AND RECREATION
PARKSMART DENVER CARDS
No Change? Parking In Downtown
Denver Just Got Easier!
ParkSmart Denver Cards are an easy way
to pay for parking at Denver’s new Smart
Meters! The Smart Card is a pre-loaded,
credit card sized plastic card that is
available in the amounts of $5, $15, $25,
$50 and $100. There is no additional
charge or deposit when purchasing a
ParkSmart Denver card — simply pay the
face value of the card! ParkSmart Denver
cards are not re-loadable and should be
recycled when they are empty.
ParkSmart Denver Cards are available at
the following locations:
• All metro area King Soopers stores
• Webb Building, 201 West Colfax
Avenue, first floor, Cashier Counter
• Wastewater Management, 2000 West
3rd Street, Permit Counter
• Downtown Denver Partnership, 511
16th St., Suite 200
• Both Tattered Cover locations
2526 East Colfax Avenue at
Elizabeth Street
1628 16th Street at Wynkoop
The cards can be purchased with cash,
check, credit or debit card.
How To Use The Smart Card:
• Insert the card with the chip facing up
• Meter will first display remaining card
value
• Time will be added in $0.25
increments
• Remove card immediately when
desired time is reached
• Directions are also printed on the back
of the cards
For more information, please visit
www.ParkSmartDenver.com.
DON’T WARM UP
YOUR CAR DURING
COLD WEATHER
Did you know that starting up a vehicle and letting
it idle for five or 10 minutes to “warm up the
engine” is not only unnecessary, but can actually
damage a modern car.
Unless your vehicle was built before computer-driven
systems became common in the mid-1980s, it
shouldn’t be warmed up at all. Idling causes partially
combusted fuel residue to build up inside the engine.
Over time, this build up damages the car’s cylinders
and many other components, and also makes the
vehicle less fuel-efficient. Prolonged idling also
wastes fuel, increases air pollution, and makes an
unattended vehicle vulnerable to theft.
This winter, make it a goal to remember not to idle
your vehicle in the morning. Thirty seconds of idling
should be the maximum for a modern car. GV
This information was provided by the American
Automobile Association (AAA), Colorado
ALWAYS CALL 811 BEFORE YOU DIG
Dialing 811 from any land line or cell phone in Colorado will connect
homeowners and contractors to Colorado 811, the state’s on-call center,
where they can get assistance in notifying the appropriate utility
companies of their intent to dig. Once notified, professional locators will
be sent to the requested digging site to mark the approximate locations
of underground utility lines with flags, spray paint or both. When lines
have been marked, homeowners and contractors should respect the
marks and dig carefully around them.
Striking a single utility line can lead to serious injury and possible fatal
injuries, high repair costs and fines, and inconvenient outages. Every
digging project, no matter how large or small, warrants a call to 811.
It’s the law! Installing a mailbox, building a deck, planting a tree and
laying a patio are all examples of digging projects that require a call to
811 before starting. There are more than 170,000 unintentional hits of
underground lines annually across the country, a figure that equals
once every three minutes.
For more information about the law, 811 and safe digging practices,
visit www.call811.com or www.co811.org.
MARCH 2011 |GV NEWSLETTER PG. 21