Figure you'll get a little more park time by smudging off the chalk or grab some minutes the last guy left? Fageddaboutit. Lots of towns have installed meters that reset with each new car, track parkers by GPS and increase fees by the hour.
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If you're in Monterey, California, or Chicago, you're apt to be foiled by parking officials who drive minicarts outfitted with GPS-enabled cameras that scan your license plate and know how long a car has occupied the given space.
Wired: Watch the Parking Meters
I wondered what the little carts were for, especially coupled with this
And this is just a bit too much:
Pacific Grove, a coastal resort town where visitors to the nearby Monterey Bay Aquarium and Pebble Beach golf course compete with locals for the few oceanside spaces, went for the gold when it went digital last year. It installed meters that increase parking fees over time, so that quick errands remain relatively inexpensive but long stays become more costly. A wire grid under the pavement triggers a sensor whenever a car pulls in. The information can be sent wirelessly by radio signals to traffic enforcers so they'd know when time runs out on any parking spot in town. The meter resets itself as soon as the car pulls away, so the next car has to pay the full fee.
Tags: Chicago
