UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

LA parking meters now take credit cards

|
 
Published: Dec. 19, 2012 at 11:22 AM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced all of the city's parking meters are now officially accepting credit cards.

Villaraigosa said Tuesday the city's 33,997 single space meters and 458 multiple-spot pay stations have been converted to accept both coins and credit cards, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

"These card and coin meters generate needed revenue, are environmentally conscious and, most importantly, they're convenient and reliable," Villaraigosa said.

The conversion began in 2007, with 33,345 of the meters being upgraded during the past two and a half years.

Topics: Antonio Villaraigosa
Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 16
Tornadoes Devastate Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
A damaged movie theater is seen in aftermath of a series of tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, May 21, 2013. On May 20 a series of tornadoes swept through severals towns south of Oklahoma City leaving a path of destruction and killing at least 24 people. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
Riots in Stockholm spread to suburbs. Look, we *all* can't win the Eurovision contest
WaPo fact checker gives three "Pinocchios" to the doctored Benghazi emails claim. Proving once and...
McCain upset about Apple forcing him to update his apps
Alcohol-stealing thief leaves apology note, cash for the beer ... because God told him to
Bystander to fatal accident becomes an accomplice to a hit-and-run homicide in just one sentence...
New study shows massive jump in amount teenagers are willingly sharing online, growing amount of...