Signage was one concern for Robert Bernhardt and Pamela Rossi-Bernhardt, who were visiting Flagstaff from Sedona Tuesday morning. The two said that had the program started today, they would never have known to pay for their parking spot at the kiosk down the street because there was no signage indicating they had to do so.

Sean Rogers, who was stopping in Flagstaff on a cross-country RV trip on Tuesday, said he wouldn’t be opposed to the $1-per-hour that it will soon cost to park downtown.

“In the big budget of the whole thing I think parking ... of course free would be better, but that wouldn’t stop us from coming,” Rogers said. He has a house in South Bethany Beach in Delaware and said that community has the same pay-to-park system.

Flagstaff's parking program, called ParkFlag, will gross about $1 million per year and cost $600,000 to $700,000 per year, Eberhard said. All revenues left over will be put toward building additional parking infrastructure, with a requirement that at least 20 percent of gross revenues go toward that purpose.

All but one of the pay station kiosks accept only credit and debit cards. They cost about $6,000 each, Eberhard said. The one kiosk that accepts both cash and card is located outside city hall and runs $8,000.