City Installs Solar-Powered Parking Meters

10th August, 2010 - Posted by katherine - 1 Comment

According to this Austin Business Journal article:

The city of Austin this week is installing 500 solar-powered parking meters.

The project is part of the transportation department’s comprehensive parking technology upgrade that commenced last August. The new meters accept coins and credit cards and began going in Monday with 120 posts in the University of Texas area. The project will be completed early next week.

Read more: City of Austin installs 500 solar-powered parking meters – Austin Business Journal

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Posted on: August 10, 2010

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