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Higher-tech parking meters could be coming to downtown Springfield
Springfield’s parking meters might be getting a technological upgrade. Springfield aldermen on Tuesday were presented with the city’s pick for smart parking meters downtown after putting out requests for proposals last year.
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...
Some Brookline Parking Meters Won’t Accept Credit Cards Soon
If you use your credit card to park at the multi space parking meters like the one behind Coolidge Corner or the Town Hall lot, that’s about to stop working.
Bridgeport’s hi-tech parking meters to phase out over 6 months
The camera-equipped downtown parking meters are on their way out, but it will take some time to replace them.
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.
You can now pay for parking with your credit card at some meters Uptown
Sections of Court Street now feature parking meters that are able to accept credit cards as payment as part of a pilot program. Ron Lucas, the Athens deputy service-safety director, said the meters are located on the east side of Court Street between Union and Washington streets. They are also located on the west side of Court Street between Washington and State streets.
Paterson streets getting hundreds of ‘smart’ parking meters
The Paterson Parking Authority has installed more than a hundred “smart” parking meters that accept credit cards throughout the downtown Paterson business district. Tony Perez, executive director for the Paterson Parking Authority, said his agency has been testing the new meters for the past four months.
Parking fee changes boost Santa Fe revenue
SANTA FE – Adjustments to the parking rates in Santa Fe were overdue and necessary, resulting in a projected $900,000 annual increase in parking revenue, according to a memo from the director of the city’s parking division.
Smart parking meters are coming to downtown Metuchen
The public can stop scrounging around for their quarters – smart parking meters are coming to Metuchen as early as May. The Borough Council approved the Parking Authority’s proposal to upgrade all curbside parking meters in the core of the downtown area through a resolution at a council meeting on Feb. 5.
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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Ex-judge Takes Meters to Court
BRIDGEPORT — The city’s new downtown parking meters of the future met their match Thursday — old fashioned lawyerin’.
Meter Removal Causes Binghamton Parking Confusion
Recent changes in the payment system have caused problems for some people parking on downtown Binghamton streets.
Ithaca City Leaders Look to Make Parking Downtown Humorous in New Ad Campaign
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.
City’s new parking meters have foes and fans
Many complain the new downtown parking meters are too complex. Others say give them time.
Patience expired with Bridgeport’s new parking meters
BRIDGEPORT – Downtown merchants have long-wanted modern parking meters that offered visitors the convenience of paying with credit or debit cards, not just rolls of quarters. Critics say they wound up with dozens of overly aggressive RoboCops quick to levy $40 parking violations through the mail that eclipse what many more thriving Connecticut cities charge, threatening business.
The Dream Of Smart Cities Is Fast Becoming A Reality
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 getting 545 solar-powered parking meters
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.
Bamboozled: Parking tickets, court appearances and technology
Here comes a tale of technology.
Sometimes technology is good, sometimes it’s bad, and other times, it’s confusing.
The tech confusion, in this case, started with a self-pay parking fee kiosk. And it led to questions about why the state’s municipal courts don’t use technology to lower the number of court appearances by ticketed drivers who want to plead not guilty.
Why Don’t We Allow Markets to Dictate Parking Policy?
There are two types of markets for parking in Washington DC: the private market, which tends to charge what the market will bear, and the government, which charges a price that’s deemed to be “fair” and “non-exploitative” to the constituents in residential areas. How’s that working out for everyone?
Downtown Athens’ problematic ‘pay and display’ parking meters to be replaced by end of year
The “pay-and-display” parking meters that have added to the headaches of parking on Clayton Street since their installation some years ago will be gone by the end of the year, replaced with single-space meters, according to Pamela Thompson, executive director of the Athens Downtown Development Authority.
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