Old parking meters getting repaired with old parts in Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Fox 4 Investigative Reporter Alan Jennings recently exposed flaws in parking meter timing devices, possibly resulting in inaccurate tickets being issued. Now he’s also discovered that the management company contracted to oversee the aging meters repairs them with old parts.
City Council Approves New Downtown Parking Meters
Fort Wayne City Council voted 8-1 Tuesday in favor of installing new parking meters downtown. City Clerk Lana Keesling says the current meters are virtually obsolete. Eight hundred new meters will cost the city nearly $800,000. Keesling says her department’s budgeting...
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 The city realizes that the current meters are old, outdated, and costly to maintain.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.
Group Unveils Downtown Tucson ‘Donation Stations’ for the Homeless
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.
Providence officials reveal costs, fees for new giving meters
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.
August Record Month for Parking Meter Revenue
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.
Oxford, Miss., Eyes Emerging Parking Sensor Technologies
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.
City swamped by parking tickets as meter rules change
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.