Parking Meter Privatization

Survey Says: Chicago Parking Pricey, But New York's Still Worse

Posted 09.07.2011

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While it would be difficult to ignore that Chicago's parking rates leave quite a wallet dent, it turns out the city has been outpaced by several other...

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Chicago To New York: Don't Sell Your Meters So Fast

Posted 05.25.2011

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With Mayor Daley's retirement imminent, many in Chicago -- including a fair number of his prospective heirs -- have praised the accomplishments of his...

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Chicago Parking Meters: Privatization Inspiring Other Cities To Do The Same?

Chicago Reader | Posted 05.25.2011

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Citizens in other cities may want to take note of the recent news about parking around here because it's increasingly clear that the architects of Chi...

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Free Parking? It's an Expensive Proposition

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Graham Hill

While cars can give us a great feeling of freedom when we are on the open road, they are also a yoke around our neck as they stand idle and cost money for a great deal of the day.

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Chicago Sued Over Parking Meter Privatization Deal

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's much-maligned parking meter lease deal is getting a fresh beating. The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, a ...

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LA Considering Following Chicago's Lead On Parking Meters

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 05.25.2011

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While at least some members of Los Angeles's City Council look at Chicago's parking meter mess and see . . . a mess, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa looks ...

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City Phasing Out Coin Parking Meters

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The quadrupling of fees this year to park at most meters in Chicago marks only the beginning of changes coming to a curbside near your car. [...] You ...

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City Parking Officially Privatized: Aldermen Approve Meter Deal

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago aldermen "afraid" to increase parking meter rates for the last 20 years on Thursday gave a private contractor carte blanche to raise them sky-...

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Parking Meter Rates To Quadruple

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rates for most city parking meters will increase to $1 an hour in the coming months as a result of Mayor Richard Daley's deal to lease the spots for ...

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