These new smart parking meters about to be tested in San Francisco automatically adjust the price you’re going to pay for your space depending on how many spots are already filled. Thanks to supply and demand you will pay anywhere from .25 cents to $6 an hour to park – expect to multiply that by 2 if these come to New York.
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They’re already in Los Angeles
ust another way to grab at your dollars and cents. you already pay taxes and now you have to pay “market rate” for parking spaces to park on the street… that you ALREADY pay for?
I don’t mind meters cause it actually helps get people moving instead of parking all day in a spot, but this just sounds funny to me. ESPECIALLY if it end up in NYC
better this then trying to go into the pizza shop and try to get change.or trying to find a laundrymat.people aint trying to help
So let me get this straight, if there are 8 spaces on a block and four of them are taken up by idling cars, taxis or food vendors the “smart meter” will assume that there is 50% utilization and charge me an equivalent fee?
Or – does it know how much time the other meters on the block have in use (even though there may be no cars in them) and charge me accordingly?
Interesting to note that the company that makes these “smart” meters is also based in California.