CHICAGO, May 28 (UPI) -- A Chicago Parking Meters spokeswoman says it remains unclear what caused nearly 250 new parking boxes to malfunction, causing chaos for drivers.
LONDON, July 10 (UPI) -- London marked its 50th anniversary for parking meters Thursday, a half century after motoring groups deemed British drivers "the most heavily taxed on Earth."
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (UPI) -- San Francisco officials said the city is planning to install "homeless" meters to collect change for the poor in an effort to cut down on panhandling.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts resident had enough parking meters to operate a paid parking lot; trouble is, the meters were stolen.
BOSTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Boston has acquired four high-tech parking meters that accept credit cards and dollar bills as well as coins.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Massachusetts cities of Cambridge and Plymouth are installing high-tech digital parking meters.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Southern California parking meters are getting a high-tech makeover that will allow them to accept credit and ATM cards -- and receive text messages.
BOSTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A Finnish company has been in Boston pitching its cashless cell phone parking meter technology, officials said.
BOSTON, July 21 (UPI) -- Drivers are feeling the pinch of higher parking rates in many U.S. cities after two years of relative stability, a survey by Colliers International said.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Illegal parkers are getting a break in Des Moines -- police have run out of parking tickets. City officials said they won't get more for at least two weeks but add there is no shortage of the tickets used for expired parking meters.
