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.
Broken meters means free Evanston parking until they are fixed
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 are fixed, according to city officials....
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!
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.
L.A. expands smart-parking coverage area to 3 new communities
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.