Parking Meter Privatization

Chicago Sued Over Parking Meter Privatization Deal

Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago


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

Free Parking? It's an Expensive Proposition

Graham Hill | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green


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.

LA Considering Following Chicago's Lead On Parking Meters

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

City Phasing Out Coin Parking Meters

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

City Parking Officially Privatized: Aldermen Approve Meter Deal

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago


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-...

Parking Meter Rates To Quadruple

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago


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 ...