Bethlehem Parking Authority

Bethlehem Parking Authority
NOT VERY NICE AND VERY UNPLEASANT UNPROFESSIONAL PEOPLES TO TALK TO NOW I SEE WHY THIS PLACE HAVE SOME-MANY COMPLAINTS OFFICER 678 SHE HAVE A ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES SHES LIKE TO ARGUE WITH PEOPLE AND EVEN START A FIGHT AND THEN CALL THE POLICE TO BACK HER UP AND OF COURSE THE POLICE PLAY HER GAME IF YOU ARE AROUND MAIN STREETS BETHLEHEM BE CAREFUL WITH HER AND BY THE WAY THE POLICE THEY EVEN WORSE AROUND THERE JUST SAYING

There were no signs I believe the meter is dead and they still give me a ticket up from out of town. I don’t think I’ll be back to Bethlehem. I think that’s ridiculous.

They hire idiots every single month now and make their own rules. If you got tickets with them in the past they will keep targeting your car forever I changed my car to different places every 2 hrs and today they decided to give me a ticket and their response was you can’t park in the same block when that’s not what the signs saids. I’m sure you guys are desperate for money and probably live in a area where you don’t have signs for parking so you will never care karma will get you

They absolutely stink. They gave my husband three tickets totaling $50 while we went on a date in a spot that is extremely questionable in terms of if you can park. They also had "free parking" posted on the meters, so he didn't think twice about where we landed. We didn't block anything. Didn't cause problems. Patronized businesses after finding out we're pregnant after losing one. He's in the process of getting his inspection updated. It's just absolutely criminal.

Ticketed for being outside the lines, when there were no lines.
I was outside of where the lines would have been, I guess.

I thought I had a good case to dispute. Turns out, convincing BPA that you don't owe BPA money is harder than I thought.

The BPA is the absolute worst! They pick and choose when to actually enforce rules. They are only looking to get your money and do not feel bad giving you multiple tickets even after you have received one. They are absolutely corrupt. Someone needs to put them in check!

They have absolutely no patience. Not even explaining it do they listen. Your only sent from one person to another cuz they had an attitude and could not direct me to where i could park when i asked.

I pay for two cars and have nowhere to park. They are the worst people to deal with. They harass Bethlehem citizens. The CEO wastes tax payers money. Fraud.

They pick and choose when to enforce their rules. They post street closed signs without times and dates or reasons why your street is closed. If you are affluent or live in a more expensive part of the city then you don't have to worry about their arbitrary borderline discriminatory zones. They only attack lower income and working class. Any discrimination lawyers out there please look into the legality of their zones cause it's pretty interesting the sections of town they are in and not in.

I don’t even own a car, but you guys suck at your jobs due to the excessively irrational amount of tickets you give to out.it is ridiculous.

I emailed the supervisor more than a montha ago due to the parking being overloaded with cars! I pay for two cars and every night I come home from work I have no parking! Nobody has reached back but they are quick to take the money from my account. Unacceptable

This place sucks, totally a rip off they don't know their own rules, the whole town is nothing but a parking trap if you don't c a meter then theirs a sign saying no parking SMH

Recently parked in Bethlehem for a friends dinner and paid at the meter. I got there at 6: 37 pm and paid for the max time which would have put me at 9 pm totaling $3.58. I got a ticket at 7: 38 for an expired meter. When I called the lady was rude and said I had the right to appeal. So I questioned how I paid almost $4 to park for hours and received a ticket and hour later…. Apparently she doesn’t know. These people are bored and incompetent

Like others I wish I could rate it negative stars. Literally trying to make any point they can to write tickets and keep money flowing. It's disgusting.

11 minutes late while shopping. I would have gladly paid more if I knew they were going to charge me $15 for 11 minutes late. If I had know I would have just over paid the extra 25 cents. Way to treat out of town visitors. Not returning to those shops again. If you own one of those shops I'd complain because you will and are losing business.

If i could give negative stars, i would.i got ticketed for parking too close to a "crosswalk" which wasnt marked as a crosswalk and a 4 inch curb on the side that i parked on.the meter maid took pictures at shady angles to make it look closer than i actually was.and when i reached out to a manager, he didnt give me any information and seems like he doesnt know what hes talking about.to add insult to injury, 5th avenue has no permit parking or meters so they shouldnt even be coming down there in the first place.what a joke

Only with the BPA would you be given a ticket while in the driver's seat of your vehicle with overgrown trees covering signs. Yet another example of the poor man's tax.

Twice now they’ve told me my payment for my permit didn’t go through so I’ve gotten a ticket… yet they took the money out of my account and I have receipts to prove it. Went to the office and was told “I don’t know. ” This is the second year in a row. Last year they even tried covering it all up and I have receipts and time stamps to prove that. This past January a woman tried giving me a ticket and I argued with her I had a permit and she told me her computer showed I didn’t, I told her I absolutely did because I live here why would I not get the permit. She left without giving me a ticket. The people who ticket on 11th avenue don’t check for permits or their computers are always down. Why have an authority when your computers never work? Why pay for a permit when I am going to constantly get harassed and ticketed throughout the year. It’s absolutely ridiculous and so stupid. The BPA is stupid.

4/25/23 around 10 am I parked my car on west broad street and I was looking for a quarters inside my car for meter
It was less than one minute and she came in and gave me a ticket. I explained her that I was looking for a quarter in my car. She said I didn’t know that you are in a car but I can not cancel the ticket. You have to appeal it online.
This is ridiculous
I guess you need to feed the meter before you park there
It’s a highway robbery with the attitude
Karma will get back to that lady