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Parking Meter Districts
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
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
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.
ALSO ON THE LIVABLE STREETS NETWORK
REFERENCES
[1] Chan, Sewell. "New York Retires Last Mechanical Parking Meter." The New York Times. December 20, 2006.
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PICTURE REFERENCES
[2] Wikipedia, Meter in Houston, TX

