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Overview

Parking meter districts are urban neighborhoods in which parking meter revenues are collected and partially or fully used for infrastructure and services within the district.

Types of meters

Traditional style parking meters

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Traditional meters normally take coins. Each parking spaces has its own meter. The parking meter has been used to charge for on-street parking since 1935.[1]

Pay and display meters

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In New York City these are known as Muni Meter+ s. Customers buy a tickets from these machines and then display the tickets on the dashboards of their cars. Muni Meters cost less to install and prevent loss of revenue from "meter feeding." They have the potential to easily implement variable rate parking based on demand.


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REFERENCES

[1] Chan, Sewell. "New York Retires Last Mechanical Parking Meter." The New York Times. December 20, 2006.

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PICTURE REFERENCES

[1] Streetsblog.com image

[2] Wikipedia, Meter in Houston, TX

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Parking Meter Districts

Created July 13, 2008 by Andy Hamilton
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