Miami University students and Oxford citizens should see changes to the parking meters both Uptown and in front of the Campus Avenue Building.
There were parking meters Uptown that were 20-minute meters, according to Alan Kyger, the city of Oxford's economic development director, but people were receiving tickets due to the short meter time, which caused frustration.
As a result of citizen frustration, Oxford has changed all meters, except for two in the first block of High Street, back to two-hour meters. The two 20-minute meters that are being kept have been changed to 30-minute meters, Kyger said.
According to Kyger there are also six 20-minute meters in front of the Campus Avenue building that have changed to 30-minute meters.
"This is going to be one of those times when people say the government never listens, the city never listens, they don't care," Kyger said. "This is a case where the [people complained] and we listened."
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