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by Symbiote 1020 days ago
That seems shockingly cheap. Was it really with paying someone to collect the coins and maintain the meters?

In the center of Copenhagen parking during the daytime is $6/hour!
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bragr 1020 days ago
The metered street parking right now in LA is usually $0.50-$2.00/hour depending on the area so that seems quite normal to me. Our meters are pretty good too and you can pay in coins or card: https://ladotparking.org/parking-meters/single-multi-space-m...
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Symbiote 1020 days ago
That meter costs about $700 plus installation costs! http://www.mapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IPS-MAPC-2018... Though I suppose it makes the money back quickly enough.

In much of Europe, rather than cheap 50ยข/hr or whatever parking, it's more common to have no fee but still a time limit. (Or, in city centres, a high fee and a time limit.)

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rubymancer 1020 days ago
25 cents/hour was indeed shockingly and delightfully cheap. I miss those days.

I suppose it still is, compared to $6/hour.

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