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...
Could Wichita be a better city for parking?

Could Wichita be a better city for parking?

If Wichita charged more, and more intelligently, for parking, the city could be a better place, according to a national expert who will be speaking here Tuesday. “We force the private development market to build housing units for our cars, but not for our people,”...
Parking meters take plastic in Brattleboro, VT

Parking meters take plastic in Brattleboro, VT

Searching all over the car for change to pay for parking could become a thing of the past. Town officials believe parking meters accepting credit or debit cards would result in a large increase in revenue that would allow the town to quickly repay a loan to buy the...
Princeton planning to acquire new parking pay stations

Princeton planning to acquire new parking pay stations

Princeton officials will spend $1 million for a company to provide and install high-tech single-space parking meters and multi-space pay stations that will have multiple payment options. In all, some 1,000 meters will be replaced, municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton...
Mobile pay feature coming to Northgate parking meters

Mobile pay feature coming to Northgate parking meters

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) – The City of College Station has approved more than $100,000 worth of upgrades for some parking meters. On Monday night, council approved a contract with IPS to improve the meters in the Northgate area. “We’re actually...