Tampa Keeps the First Hour Free

Over the past couple of weeks I've been writing about things that come out as a negative for the normal travel - mainly in the form of increased parking prices.

But here's some nice news for those who drive to Tampa Airport to drop off and pick up friends and family - the airport will continue its policy of allowing one hour of free parking.

Eliminating the perk, which had been introduced to reduce congestion, was seen as a way to make a couple of extra million dollars in revenue each year. But eventually it was shelved that it would just make roadways busier.

So the policy stays - with one caveat. It's free only if you leave within the hour. Under the old policy, if I parked for two hours, the first would be free. That's not the case anymore. The airport thinks a few hundred thousand dollars in additional revenue will come from this change.

But despite that, it's nice to see a polciy that makes life easier for travelers stay relatively intact.

Read more at the St. Petersburg Times.