Editorial: Meter mess

Editorial: Meter mess

A broken parking meter in St. John’s, March 2017. — Telegram file photo Hell hath no fury like the driver who doesn’t feel they deserve a parking ticket. Parking enforcement officers can tell you that straight up. And if those officers weren’t convinced of that...
Time’s up for Princeton parking meters

Time’s up for Princeton parking meters

Mark down Monday, November 5, as the much anticipated replacement day for parking meters in Princeton. The thinking behind the new meters has been explained at numerous town council meetings, in one highly detailed parking study, in a Saturday morning presentation at...
City considers smart meters

City considers smart meters

The Richmond City Commission heard from ISP Group Thursday, during a special called meeting at city hall, on the prospect of installing parking meters downtown. However, the meters presented were not the antiquated versions from yesteryear that left those without...
Hoboken kicks off initiative to tackle homelessness

Hoboken kicks off initiative to tackle homelessness

Hoboken on Wednesday unveiled an initiative months in the making that the city’s mayor, Ravi Bhalla, said will address the problem of rising numbers of homeless people in Hoboken and countywide. The program is one that Bhalla told The Jersey Journal will be...
La Mesa goes high-tech with new parking meters downtown

La Mesa goes high-tech with new parking meters downtown

The La Mesa Village has new streets, new sidewalks, new lighting and new landscaping thanks to the nearly $6 million Downtown Streetscape Improvement Project. Now the area has new smartphone-friendly parking meters that will allow people to add time while shopping or...