Sep 26, 2007 11:44 pm US/Pacific
40,000 Parking Meters To Be Replaced With Digital
LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
An effort to replace a fraction of the city's 40,000 parking meters will begin in November when the Department of Transportation starts installing upgraded traditional meters and digital ones, a City Council committee was told Wednesday.
The city plans to replace 4,000 meters with Guardian single-space meters from MacKay Meters. The new meters are expected to be more durable and have larger coin cans that require less frequent collection.
Another 2,000 meters will be replaced with Duncan VM multi-space meters and Digital Payment Technology's Shelby paystations, both of which accept coins and debit and credit cards. The Shelby models also print monthly passes for motorists.
The Department of Transportation will look for a contractor sometime next year to replace the city's remaining meters. The entire replacement effort is expected to take five years.
Replacement of the first 6,000 parking meters will cost $5 million. Those are expected to be in place by May 2008.
"This is really about saving the city money and implementing a more convenient system for our residents," said Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, chair of the council's Transportation Committee.
The meters will be installed in 20 parking zones:
- Brentwood Village
- Central Business District
- Chinatown
- Encino
- Hollywood-Vine
- Larchmont
- Little Tokyo
- Miracle Mile
- Pacific Palisades
- San Pedro
- Silver Lake
- Studio City
- Tarzana
- USC-Coliseum
- Van Nuys
- Venice
- Westwood/Santa Monica
- Westwood Village
- Wilshire-Fairfax
- Wilshire-Western
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