The City will begin installing approximately 40 new parking pay stations, to include 12 to 14 more in the VCU area in late November. The locations for the pay stations near VCU are: 600 and 700 blocks of West Franklin Street 600 and 700 blocks of West Main Street 300 through 500 blocks of West Franklin Street The new stations, near the campus, are being placed in areas where there are no parking meters and on-street parking is time-regulated with a two-hour limit.   The City began replacing parking meters with pay stations in the Central Business District in 2012. To date, approximately 125 parking stations have been installed.   It costs 75 cents per hour to park at a pay station. The meters accept credit cards, debit cards, cash and coins. The machines dispense a receipt that must be placed on the dashboard and is visible from the windshield.   To learn more about City services and programs, please visit www.RichmondGov.com .

The City’s Office of Emergency Management, the City’s Fire Department along with Henrico County’s Division of Fire and Office of Emergency Management are partnering with Amtrak for a hands-on training that will demonstrate to first responders how to properly size-up and manage an incident involving Amtrak equipment. The two training sessions will take place at the Staples Mill Amtrak Station, 7519 Staples Mill Road, on Friday, November 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Media is invited to attend and watch the training for either session. “Emergencies on the railway do not happen very often. However, it is important that we train with external partners, like Amtrak, to learn these incident-specific skills, so in the event that an emergency does occur, we are prepared to respond and assist those residents in need,” said Steven Pyle, Emergency Management Planner for the City of Richmond Office of Emergency Management. Prior to the hands-on training on Friday, public safety p