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.
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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.
Evanston’s digital parking meters were on the skids Wednesday morning after they did not reset to normal programming following the Memorial Day holiday, and parking fees will not be charged until the more-than 1,000 meters […]
For each dollar motorists spend on their vehicles somebody spends more than a dollar to park it. To reduce these costs many jurisdictions are eliminating or reducing parking requirements and encouraging more efficient parking management. You can too!
Ithaca city leaders have introduced an ad campaign for locals and visitors to park downtown. And the man making the pitch is familiar to the city and the region.
The city is installing more parking sensors to expand LA Express Park, an app-powered, sensor-fueled smart-parking program expected to eventually cover the entire city.
Smart homes and autonomous vehicles are the public face of the connected world, but they are just one part of a bigger picture … the smart city.
As the number of people who live in urban areas increases, there is a consensus that addressing the challenges of tomorrow is best served by starting today. The United Nations has predicted that the global population will hit 9.7 billion in 2050, with the majority of those living in cities. The utopian vision is that these cities will leverage data, technology and innovation to make life more comfortable for its residents … a vision that has every chance of being a reality.
Montclair is updating all of its public parking meters throughout town.
The Township Council approved a resolution on Dec. 20 for the purchase of 545 single-space parking meters through IPS Group Inc., which was awarded a contract through a cooperative purchasing system.
Beginning next week the DDA will replace the circa-1950 meters throughout the district with smart meters. The new meters will accept coins and credit cards for the 50-cents-an-hour fee. Officials say the meters are designed to be intuitive and will guide the user through the transaction.
Seven years ago, Los Angeles transportation officials launched a major initiative to manage parking by increasing meter rates during higher demand. Critics in the car-loving city of 4 million grumbled, but the program worked out well — doubling parking meter revenue.