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NEWS ABOUT: parking meters

parking meters stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - The mayor of Los Angeles wants the city to follow Chicago’s lead and privatize parking meters and garages to stem the city's budget crisis, the LA Times reports. Antonio Villaraigosa says LA can pull in at least $80 million by leasing meters and six city garages to private... More »

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California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • parking meters • budget gap • garage

 Va. Repairman 
 Swiped $170K 
 From Meters 

William Fell made off with a sixth of city's total meter revenue

Apr 22, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A repairman stole $170,000 in coins from parking meters in Alexandria, Va., during the past 12 months, the Washington Post reports. William Fell, 61, looted meters in the early hours of the morning before his maintenance shifts, police say. Wary of depositing his ill-gotten gains, Fell kept the coins... More »

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theft • embezzlement • parking meters • Department of Transportation • maintenance • public service • Alexandria

 Chicago Leases 
 Parking Meters 
 for $1.6B 

Company wants a 75-year lease on
36,000 metered parking spaces

Dec 3, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Chicago, which in September agreed to lease out Midway Airport for 99 years in exchange for $2.52 billion, has now made a deal to lease 36,000 metered parking spaces to Morgan Stanley for $1.16 billion, reports Bloomberg. The city council will vote tomorrow on the 75-year lease,... More »

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Chicago • Richard Daley • Morgan Stanley • parking meters • Chicago Midway Airport

San Francisco Pioneers Smart Parking Spots

Wireless sensor network will alert drivers to open spaces

Jul 12, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The streets of San Francisco will be getting smarter this fall, reports the New York Times. The city is pioneering a program to add sensors to thousands of parking spaces; drivers will be alerted to empty spaces through displays on street signs or via their smartphones. City officials hope the... More »

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San Francisco • traffic • parking space • sensor • congestion • smartphones • parking meters • urban planning

SF Meters Will Take Coins
for Homeless

City, aiming to cut panhandling, will give change to non-profits

May 13, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco’s got a new plan to address panhandling: The city is installing old parking meters in popular begging areas where passers-by can drop their spare change rather than giving it to panhandlers. The money will go to local non-profits to help the homeless, the Chronicle reports. “We're... More »

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San Francisco • homeless • charity • donation • nonprofit • panhandler • parking meters • Gavin Newsom

Cops Bust Two-Bit Thief With 123 Parking Meters

Ca-ching! Heads found stashed in home

Oct 5, 07 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested a Massachusetts man after discovering 123 parking meter heads stashed in his closets and under his bed. Parking officials had been seeking the culprit cutting the coin-filled tops off meters all over Cambridge for the past year, but he was caught by accident when police came to his... More »

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theft • Cambridge • parking meters

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