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Monthly parking meter revenue almost doubles since 2015
Since paid parking hit the downtown Square, parking meters have brought in about 40 percent more revenue than during the first year the meters were put in around the Square.
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.
New parking meters would take plastic
Searching all over the car for change to pay for parking could become a thing of the past. Town officials believe parking meters accepting credit or debit cards would result in a large increase in revenue that would allow the town to quickly repay a loan to buy the new machines and replace the coin meters.
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...
Princeton officials planning to acquire new parking pay stations
Princeton officials will spend $1 million for a company to provide and install high-tech single-space parking meters and multi-space pay stations that will have multiple payment options.
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.
Metal or plastic? New downtown Brockton parking meters installed
The Brockton Parking Authority recently installed 100 new “smart” parking meters in downtown Brockton, allowing visitors to the area to pay for their parking with credit and debit cards. They will soon work with a smartphone app, allowing users to put more money in the meter remotely and digitally.
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.
Chestnut Hill to decide: Smart meters or kiosks
In the next step toward upgrading Chestnut Hill’s parking meters, representatives from the Philadelphia Parking Association met with community members on Wednesday, April 11, to further discuss a potential upgrade to either smart meters or kiosks across the neighborhood.
New Haven proposes parking meter changes in hopes to free up spaces
New Haven knows finding a spot downtown can be a challenge. That’s why the Elm City is looking at revamping the prices of its parking meters, with the hope of freeing up some in-demand spots.
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New smart parking meters installed in downtown Elmira
The old-fashion coin-operated parking meters will soon be a thing of the past. Starting Friday, you will now have the option to pay cash or card.
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.
Parking Management Solutions Market: Multispace and Single Space Parking Kiosks Driving Growth
The market’s top competitors are trying hard to make their lines of products more noticeable and want to provide integrated applications for effective management of parking needs. The companies in this market are also involved in developing parking management solutions which are user-friendly, cheap and more dependable. These factors, along with various others are expected to boost the growth of the global parking management solution market, making it worth US$614.59 mn by 2025.
Year into kiosk-based parking, and revenues don’t match projections
By Amanda Drane, The Berkshire Eagle PITTSFIELD — Nearly a year into the city’s kiosk-based parking program, the new revenue stream is not meeting expectations. The program raised $159,365 since its inception Jan. 3, while city officials estimated previously...
City tests new downtown parking meters
STAMFORD — If you’ve been frustrated with the city’s parking meters in recent years, you’re not alone. The city realizes that the current meters are old, outdated, and costly to maintain.
Parking meter appeals to resume
The city has found someone to fill one of the toughest jobs in government, thanks to the new automated parking meters installed downtown.
Bridgeport’s meters ‘bleeding money’, ticket hearings delayed
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.
Parking meter company threatens lawsuit
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.
Saskatoon’s new(ish) parking system still hitting snags 2 years on
City Hall still seeing hundreds of complaints a month about parking tickets, but numbers are down
Reduced and More Accurate Parking Requirements
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!
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Five ways Orlando is embracing innovative transportation tech
Orlando would not have applied to participate in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge if it didn’t think it had a good shot at winning. And looking at the ways in which the city has already taken a focus on innovative transportation, you can see why officials are pretty confident.
Westfield ditches SMS feature over privacy issues
Westfield operator Scentre Group has removed the SMS notification feature of its ticketless parking service after being alerted to a potential privacy breach that could have allowed anyone to track someone else’s vehicle.
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New parking meters and app causing confusion in Cedarhurst
Complex and confusing, that’s the way many people in Cedarhurst feel about the new, hi-tech parking meters scattered throughout the village.
Smart meters in downtown Albuquerque: The answer to parking woes?
It’s often a headache to try and park downtown, with old meters malfunctioning. Now, drivers will soon see the city’s newest plan to fix that. Out with the old, and in with the new; the City of Albuquerque will soon install 550 new smart meters to fix parking woes.
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.
Westfield ditches SMS feature over privacy issues
Westfield operator Scentre Group has removed the SMS notification feature of its ticketless parking service after being alerted to a potential privacy breach that could have allowed anyone to track someone else’s vehicle.
Montgomery tests ‘smart’ parking meters downtown
Those visiting downtown Montgomery can leave their loose change under the couch cushion. Parking meters now accept credit cards. Sixty “smart” parking meters were installed downtown Wednesday as part of a pilot program aimed at making parking more efficient. City...