Ken's Garage

4/22/13 $5 EVENT PARKING (OFF THE GRID) Our small group carpooled out to Oakland to attend our first Off The Grid. GPS got us to the location without a problem and not seeing any street parking in the immediate area, we parked our Hybrid in the Douglas Parking Garage. It was a flat rate of $5 for the event. The garage is very conveninet to the Oakland Museum of California and the area around the Museum where Off The Grid is held. It was a short walk to street level. We found a spot almost immediately upon entering the garage. There were several reserved for low-emitting vehicles and we were in our hybrid. However, several more of these reserved spots had cars abusing the up-close spots and parking with their non-hybrids. If the garage is going to provide spots for the low-emitters, the