The city has found someone to fill one of the toughest jobs in government, thanks to the new automated parking meters installed downtown.
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Earlier this week I wrote how 3 American cities are looking to rebrand themselves. Now while this is not my normal ‘beat if you will, the concept behind a smart city is that one that can and will impact every brand doing business in said city.
Smart city growth continues to expand, with 66% of cities reporting that they are investing in smart city technology, and 25% of those without any smart city systems are exploring how to implement it, according to a new report from the National League of Cities (NLC).
Criticism of the new downtown automated parking meters has died down in the three months since the City Council halved the $40 fines and offered free Saturday parking.
Don’t let the colorful parking meters in downtown Tucson fool you. They are part of a serious attempt to help homeless men and women. The Tucson Change Movement unveiled the repurposed parking meters painted blue on Wednesday morning, highlighting its plans to distribute 20 of them throughout downtown.
When Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza used his debit card to make the first donation to the city’s giving meters earlier this month, not all of his $100 contribution was earmarked for charity.
Even though University of Mississippi students didn’t arrive in Oxford until the second week of August, parking meters took in a record amount of revenue for the month.
Since 2014, the city has been using smart meters with positive outcomes, and now has its eye on sensors that can be programmed to zero out a meter when a car pulls away, for instance.
BRIDGEPORT — Gentler parking meter policies — free Saturdays; longer grace periods before being ticketed; reduced fines – are finally being phased in these next few days. And just in time. The man who presides over parking violation hearings is overwhelmed by the increased activity from the new meters.
Facing potential legal action from the Minnesota company that built and installed the new automatic parking meters, City Council members this week backed off of a threat to place a moratorium on the so-called robo cops.