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Farewell: Remaining coin parking meters in Madison have been replaced
MADISON (WKOW) — The city of Madison this week completed installation of approximately 650 additional single-space “smart meters.” The completion of this installation marks the elimination of all on-street coin-only meters, with every on-street meter now able to...
Homeless donation meters coming to Daytona
Daytona Beach is soon going to have five devices scattered around the city; one is already up on the beachside. They are equipped to collect donations for the homeless. DAYTONA BEACH — For those who want to help the homeless, just look for the bright orange device...
Meter mess
Hell hath no fury like the driver who doesn’t feel they deserve a parking ticket.
Broken parking meters in St. John’s? We need fixes, not fines
The City of St. John’s says people who park at damaged parking meters for more than two hours will soon be ticketed. – Joe Gibbons
I heard and read on several news outlets this morning about St. John’s city council’s decision to ticket people who park at broken meters. As someone who often frequents downtown, this news is very concerning to me, especially as we enter the Christmas shopping season.
Daley’s double talk on parking meters
Mayoral candidate William “Bill” Daley gave two Chicago newspapers opposing opinions of his brother Richard’s most detested deed as Chicago’s mayor: selling the city’s parking meter operations to a private firm for comparative peanuts then quickly blowing all the proceeds. The firm sent parking rates sky-high and now rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars.
City testing new parking meters with app payments
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) – New parking meters in Rochester have been installed in spots around the city to test app payments. The new meters are set up with their own app to allow payment via smart phone. Two different companies are responsible for the new meters....
New Parking Meters Almost Ready To Go Live On Princeton Streets
For those who have been enjoying the free parking on local streets in recent weeks, the party is almost over. On November 5, Princeton’s new “smart” parking meters will be up and running, so it will be back to paying to park at the 1,100 metered spaces throughout town.
New parking meters rolling into Elmira
Monday night, City Council approved a resolution awarding a contract to IPS Group, Inc. for the purchase of new and refurbished parking meters.
City considers smart meters: Richmond working on downtown parking solutions
The Richmond City Commission heard from IPS Group Thursday, during a special called meeting at city hall, on the prospect of installing parking meters downtown.
Oxford Square Parking Meters Bring in $800K
If the crowds of people walking around the downtown Square in Oxford on any given day, or the number of times cars loop around looking for parking spaces weren’t enough of an indication of the popularity of the downtown Square, the annual parking meter revenue report presented Friday makes it clear.
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Homeless donation meters coming to Daytona
Daytona Beach is soon going to have five devices scattered around the city; one is already up on the beachside. They are equipped to collect donations for the homeless. DAYTONA BEACH — For those who want to help the homeless, just look for the bright orange device...
Hobart’s new cashless parking meters cop bad reviews after issues with glare, network glitches
Hobart’s new parking meters are designed to be a quick, cashless solution to meet modern demands, but many users are finding them frustrating and anything but simple.
Rapid City continues to modernize downtown parking meters
Three companies brought in different types of smart meters to Rapid City that took credit and debit cards as well as the traditional coins.
Electronic parking machines coming to downtown Stockton
In 2015, there were 1,700 parking meters in downtown Stockton. Since that time, vandals and thieves have either beheaded or completely removed 1,450 to gain access to the coins inside, costing the city as much as $55,000 in monthly revenue, according to city of Stockton parking manager Tina McCarty.
Could Wichita be a better city if we charged more for parking? Maybe so, expert says.
If Wichita charged more, and more intelligently, for parking, the city could be a better place, according to a national expert who will be speaking here Tuesday.
City-wide parking meter replacement under way in Bridgeport
On Monday morning, the City of Bridgeport began a city-wide effort to replace its parking meters.
New parking meters in downtown Macon cause confusion
Mainly warnings have been issued so far, but Park Macon-Bibb will be cracking down soon
Lack of bandwidth can bring your on-street parking operations to its knees
Consider the problem. When pay by plate/space machines communicate with your office, they use the same communications systems as your cell phone (Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, etc). I’m sure you have experienced a situation where you phone works fine at some times and doesn’t at others. That usually happens when the system is deluged with folks calling, texting, and searching google. It simply isn’t built to handle every phone working at the same time.
Petition started calling for removal of pay parking kiosk
The pay parking kiosk located at the corner of Baker and Hall Street is creating chaos for people lodging their vehicles on the street and for business in the area, says one business owner.
NJ Senate To Vote On Digitial Parking Meters
New Jersey’s Senate is expected to vote Friday on allowing towns to use digital parking meters that alert enforcement officers about any violation so they can ticket the offending vehicle. Brian Cassidy with Municipal Parking Services says the system is intended...
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City testing new parking meters with app payments
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) – New parking meters in Rochester have been installed in spots around the city to test app payments. The new meters are set up with their own app to allow payment via smart phone. Two different companies are responsible for the new meters....
City considers smart meters: Richmond working on downtown parking solutions
The Richmond City Commission heard from IPS Group Thursday, during a special called meeting at city hall, on the prospect of installing parking meters downtown.
La Mesa goes high-tech with new parking meters downtown
The La Mesa Village has new streets, new sidewalks, new lighting and new landscaping thanks to the nearly $6 million Downtown Streetscape Improvement Project.
Miami’s Parking App Obsession Has Unforeseen Consequences
Parking in Miami was once a simple task: bring some change, maybe a few dollars to hand to the parking attendant, park your car, leave and return. But those days are long gone.
Smart Parking Meter Test Results In, Village to Evaluate Mobile Parking App
You may soon be able to use a state of the art parking app to feed the parking meter, making the need for a roll quarters a thing of the past.
Mobile pay feature coming to Northgate parking meters
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) – The City of College Station has approved more than $100,000 worth of upgrades for some parking meters. On Monday night, council approved a contract with IPS to improve the meters in the Northgate area. “We’re actually...
Olympia tries smarter parking meter upgrade
A new “smart meter” parking system for downtown Olympia looks like another small, but good step toward making the city core friendlier for visitors.
No more credit cards at some Brookline parking meters–for now
New parking meters are coming to Brookline’s parking lots. The town is replacing its 30 multi-space meters during the second week in April, and in order to protect users’ credit card data, Brookline will stop accepting credit cards at those meters between April 1 and...
Parking your car? Garages and meters going cashless
If you are paying to park, you better have a debit or credit card. Parking meters and garages and meters may not take your bills and coins.
Parking meters make a comeback to Downtown Eugene
he era of free street parking is ending in parts of Downtown Eugene. More than 280 smart parking meters are being installed in the popular twelve-block area of downtown. The City of Eugene took away downtown parking meters in 2010 to attract more people to downtown.
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Notes from Seattle’s Transition to Pay by Plate
Lessons Learned Margo Pulley Are you considering transitioning to pay by plate? How hard would it be? How would your customers take to it? What benefits does it provide? Seattle decided back in 2012 that we wanted to transition to pay by plate when we replaced our...
Rapid City continues to modernize downtown parking meters
Three companies brought in different types of smart meters to Rapid City that took credit and debit cards as well as the traditional coins.
Bloomfield Will Try Out ‘Pay-By-Plate’ Parking
The Bloomfield Township Council voted unanimously on April 23 to enter into agreements for parking meter equipment and services with the IPS Group Inc. and Parkeon Inc., a Moorestown-based international company that owns and operates state-of-the-art parking pay stations.
Bloomfield Will Try Out ‘Pay-By-Plate’ Parking
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield is primed for a test run of “pay-by-plate” parking beginning Tuesday, May 1, town officials say.
On May 1, Bloomfield Township will begin a 90-day trial period of parking pay stations in the heart of its downtown area, a move that is expected to save time and money for municipal parking enforcers, officials said.
Keene business owner asks council to consider removing Central Square kiosk
A Keene business owner has asked the city to consider removing a parking kiosk from the sidewalk in front of two establishments she owns, citing customer complaints about the device. Installed last summer, the kiosk replaced coin-fed meters for the 14 parking spots...
Couple gets $75 ticket after paying for parking in downtown Denver
Parking in downtown Denver doesn’t come cheap, but Michael Ryan and his wife, Mary, decided to splurge for a special night on the town Saturday.
Renn: Toll road lease worked; parking meters didn’t
The Indiana Toll Road lease is an example of privatization done right. A break-even-at-best highway was improved with wider lanes and electronic toll collection, while the state collected $3.9 billion to spend on critical infrastructure.
City of Ithaca tries something new with scratch-off parking tags
Almost a year since the City of Ithaca started replacing parking meters with solar-powered paystations and a smartphone app, drawing confusion and complaints, city officials say they’re adding a new option: pre-paid scratch-off parking tags.
Pennsylvania Police Resist DOT’s Plan to Eliminate Registration Stickers, Implement Plate-Scanning Tech
Drivers in Pennsylvania will no longer be required to put registration stickers on their cars starting next year, and police will instead use new technology that scans license plates for information.
Can we park smarter?
You turn the wheel hesitantly and crane your neck to look for any available parking down the street. The person behind you honks irritably. Feeling pressured, you impulsively turn onto the side street. As you do, you glimpse a free space on the street you just left — and it’s taken by the time you circle around again.
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Homeless donation meters coming to Daytona
Daytona Beach is soon going to have five devices scattered around the city; one is already up on the beachside. They are equipped to collect donations for the homeless. DAYTONA BEACH — For those who want to help the homeless, just look for the bright orange device...
New parking meters in downtown Macon cause confusion
Mainly warnings have been issued so far, but Park Macon-Bibb will be cracking down soon
NJ Senate To Vote On Digitial Parking Meters
New Jersey’s Senate is expected to vote Friday on allowing towns to use digital parking meters that alert enforcement officers about any violation so they can ticket the offending vehicle. Brian Cassidy with Municipal Parking Services says the system is intended...
Smarter Parking with AR Technology
Traffic wardens are often not well-liked, but their work is necessary to keep roads and streets clear. Technology company IPS Group is attempting to use augmented reality (AR) technology to make parking operations easier. The technology presented by IPS Group uses AR...
Downtown parking meters displaying mixed messages
The City of Charleston voted in March to double parking meter rates and extend the hours of enforcement from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. But many parking meters downtown are still displaying old prices, and old pay times.
Parking Pilot Pushed To Open Up Spaces
With clearer signage, “dynamic” pricing, and technologically improved enforcement, the city’s transit department hopes to strip frustration and inefficiency from parking in New Haven and ensure that visitors and residents alike always have a place to park.
Bloomfield to Begin 90-Day Parking Pay Station Trial Period in Certain Downtown Locations
On Tuesday, May 1st, Bloomfield Township will begin a 90-day trial period of parking pay stations in the heart of Downtown, a move that is expected to save time and money for Township parking enforcers.
Time runs out for downtown parking meters
Time has expired for the camera-equipped automated downtown parking meters. Following months of pressure from business owners and City Council members, Mayor Joe Ganim’s administration is scrapping the high-tech equipment that helped issue fines by mail.
Couple gets $75 ticket after paying for parking in downtown Denver
Parking in downtown Denver doesn’t come cheap, but Michael Ryan and his wife, Mary, decided to splurge for a special night on the town Saturday.
Problem parking spots in downtown Shreveport and how it’s costing drivers
It’s something hundreds of people do every day, park in downtown Shreveport, but as we found out, it’s the next step that could be costing you. The company that enforces parking rules in Downtown Shreveport is ShrevePark Parking Service. They’re a...