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City of Industry to build solar-panel carports

April 5, 2011

The City of Industry plans to build 1,000 carports at the Metrolink (CA) commuter rail station, which will be equipped with photovoltaic solar panels.

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Metro to test real-time parking info

January 25, 2011

WMATA (DC) will test sensors in parking spaces at the Fort Totten Metrorail kiss-and-ride parking lot to capture data on space availability and usage.

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MBTA cracks down on parking scofflaws

January 10, 2011

After years of lax enforcement, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority plans to crack down on commuters who use the agency’s park-and-ride lots without paying.

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Los Angeles launches real-time parking app

December 23, 2010

The City of Los Angeles launched an iPhone application that lets drivers find available parking spaces in real time.

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SEPTA scraps mag cards at parking lots

November 23, 2010

Facing problems with its magnetic-stripe cards, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is returning to old-fashioned coins at six regional rail parking lots.

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Metro to install credit card readers at parking sites

November 9, 2010

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) will install credit card readers at all pay-on-exit parking garages and surface parking lots.

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Spring forward? Glitch leads to ticketing mistake

August 13, 2010

San Francisco will refund hundreds of parking ticket fines because enforcement cameras did not adjust for daylight savings time correctly last spring.

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MBTA commuters can’t wait for pay-by-phone

July 22, 2010

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is introducing a remote payment system for its park-and-ride lots — and customers can’t wait

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SFMTA will test Clipper card for parking garages

July 14, 2010

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (CA), in cooperation with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, will test the regional Clipper card at MTA-owned parking garages

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New York City upgrades parking meters for ferry passengers

July 2, 2010

The New York City Department of Transportation is replacing coin-operated parking meters at the Staten Island Ferry terminal with new models that accept credit cards.

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