Better late than never
Nearly three hours into the latest hearing on the parking meter lease agreement, 42nd Ward alderman Brendan Reilly got right to the point: “Certainly I think everyone would have liked to have had this...
View ArticleChicago parking meter rates go up next week
The sweeping changes in the city’s parking meter system have proved a mixed bag for Melody Fillier. The new option of paying by credit card is a plus — no more bags of quarters to cart around. Having...
View ArticleParking meter lease: Critics still decry meter lease
The sheer sticker shock won’t be quite as bad as last year — and this time you can leave the bulky bag of quarters at home — but Chicago parking meter rates go up again Monday. Drivers will pay...
View ArticleDaley Proposes Free Pass On Expired Meter Tickets
Wednesday morning, just outside City Council chambers inside City Hall, an embattled Mayor Daley offered Chicago motorists a bit of a break. If approved by the City Council, the Mayor wants to allow...
View ArticleIn Drivers v. Daley, parking grace period unlikely to ease tension
Drivers and political opponents reacted angrily to Mayor Daley’s proposal for a five-minute grace period on expired parking meters. Mayor Daley is hoping the proposed grace period after parking meters...
View ArticleCity Could Pay $500,000 a Year for Closed Parking Meters
The parking meter lease saga continues, as CBS 2 reports that under the city’s lease agreement with Chicago Parking Meter LLC, it could be paying hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to the...
View ArticleParking Meter Firm Bills City $2.1M For Lost Revenue From Street Closure (VIDEO)
Dana Kozlov, CBS 2 and CBS 2 Political Producer Ed Marshall contributed to this report. Another week, another embarrassing detail concerning the city’s parking meter monopoly; Chicago Parking Meters...
View ArticleInnovation in Parking Management in Wicker Park-Bucktown
The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Local Technical Assistance Program to address parking management. The goal of the study is to...
View ArticleRahm’s Parking Meters 2013 – City keeps paying, CPM keeps getting more revenue
Op-Ed, Scott Waguespack Looking back to the transcripts of the December 2008 parking meter deal it becomes evident how quickly our city and future generations were sold out by our government....
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