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SACRAMENTO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Sacramento city officials have set up backward parking spaces and eliminated coin operated meters in an attempt to clear up congested streets.
The backward parking spaces, in which the back wheel is against the curb and the car is facing traffic, have been installed in the Newton Booth neighborhood as an experiment, the Sacramento Bee reported Monday.
It's called "back-in angled parking."
City officials also intend to replace parking meters downtown with green "pay and display" stations.
The downside of the stations is that there are usually just two per block, and you have to return to your car to place a "time" sticker in your window.
The upside is that the stations take any type of coin, plus some credit and debit cards.
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