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Jul 16, 1935: World's first parking meter installed

Jul 16, 1935: World's first parking meter installed . By: Samantha Gaisford. What happened prior to World’s first parking meter.

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Jul 16, 1935: World's first parking meter installed

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  1. Jul 16, 1935:World's first parking meter installed By: Samantha Gaisford

  2. What happened prior to World’s first parking meter • The old-fashioned, pole-mounted meter will now yield to the robotlike Meter of Tomorrow: a solar-powered box, equipped with Wi-Fi, that can handle eight parking spaces at once and can shut itself down on free-parking Sundays. • “Pulling up to a single-space meter and discovering there was 30 minutes on it from the previous owner — what a joy that was! Even if it was only saving you a dime, somehow it made my day.” • With the meters no longer denoting each spot, drivers can fill up a parking lane as they see fit, whether efficiently or inconsiderately.

  3. Before parking meters there was congestion

  4. Jul 16, 1935:World's first parking meter installed in Oklahoma City • Carlton Cole Magee invented the first parking meter in 1932 in response to the growing problem of parking congestion. • By 1951, just 16 years later, one million parking meters dotted the American scene. • The first parking meter in San Francisco was installed at Bush and Polk on August 21, 1947. • These meters use a quartz timer to keep accurate time; they accept nickel, dimes, quarters, the small dollar coin and prepaid cards as payment

  5. When the first parking meter was invented

  6. Parking Meters and Parking attendant

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