parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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In July, the Parking Authority of River City (PARC) released a study from Walker Consultants identifying 328 spots along a 2.3-mile stretch of Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road where new parking meters could be installed.
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Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
And earlier this year, the city also doubled parking meter rates citywide to $2.50 an hour in most places.
—Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Quit thinking that quarters in parking meters in Balboa Park is a solution.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
On this day in 1935: Park-O-Meter No. 1, the world’s first parking meter, designed and created by Carl C. Magee, was installed on the southeast corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
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Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
And earlier this year, the city also doubled parking meter rates citywide to $2.50 an hour in most places.
—Sam Schulz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Quit thinking that quarters in parking meters in Balboa Park is a solution.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
On this day in 1935: Park-O-Meter No. 1, the world’s first parking meter, designed and created by Carl C. Magee, was installed on the southeast corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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