Editing Parking meter (section)

===Fully electrical===
[[Image:multi-space parking meter.JPG|thumb|left|A [[Solar panel|solar-powered]] multi-space meter in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]. Similar meters are also used in [[White Rock, British Columbia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whiterockcity.ca/EN/meta/faqs/pay-parking.html|title=Pay Parking &#124; City of White Rock|publisher=Whiterockcity.ca|date=5 October 2012|access-date=19 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527183856/http://www.whiterockcity.ca/EN/meta/faqs/pay-parking.html|archive-date=2013-05-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Houston, Texas]].<ref>[[Media:ParkingmeterDowntownHoustonTexas.JPG]]</ref> Solar is optional.|upright]] [[Image:ParkingMeter.JPG|left|thumb|Parking meter with a [[digital display]]]]

More modern parking meters are generically called multi-space meters (as opposed to single-space meters) and control multiple spaces per block (typically 8-12) or lots (unlimited). While with these meters, the parker may have to walk several car lengths to the meter, there are significant customer service, performance, and efficiency benefits.<ref name="Multispacemeter">{{cite web|last=Kupferman|first=Dan|title=Why Multi-Space parking meters?|url=http://www.parking-net.com/ShowCase/29314/Why-Multi-Space-parking-meters-|publisher=Parking Network|access-date=13 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214073930/http://www.parking-net.com/ShowCase/29314/Why-Multi-Space-parking-meters-|archive-date=14 February 2010}}</ref> Multispace meters incorporate more customer-friendly features such as on-screen instructions and acceptance of credit cards for payment—no longer do drivers have to have pockets full of coins. While they may still be prone to coin jams and other types of vandalism, most of these meters are wireless and can report problems immediately to maintenance staff, who can then fix the meters so they are not out of service for very long.

With pay-by-space meters, the driver parks in a space, goes to the meter, enters the space number, and makes payment. The meter memorizes the time remaining, and enforcement personnel press the bay buttons to check for violations.

Other advances in parking meters include vehicle detection technology, which allows the pay-by-space meters to know when a car is parked in a space. This opens the door for benefits for parking managers, including providing way-finding (directing drivers to unoccupied spaces via the web or street signs), enabling remote violation detection, and gathering vital statistics about parking supply and demand. Some meters allow payment for additional time by phone and notify drivers when they are about to expire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-smart-parking-meters-20141203-story.html|title=Orlando installs first 'smart' parking meters|first=Mark|last=Schlueb|date=3 December 2014 }}</ref> Parking meters in Santa Monica use vehicle detectors to prevent drivers from "feeding the meter" indefinitely, and to delete remaining time when a car departs so the next car cannot take any time without paying.<ref name="utsandiego.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/13/smart-parking-meters-too-smart/|title=Smart parking meters: Too smart?|first=U-T San Diego Editorial|last=Board}}</ref> Meters in Madrid give discounted and free parking to drivers of hybrid and electric vehicles, respectively.<ref name="utsandiego.com" /> Drivers can reserve meters spots in Los Angeles by cellphone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2009-02-23-smartmeters_N.htm|title='Smart' parking meters catching on across U.S. - USATODAY.com|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref>

Another advancement with parking meters is the new solar-powered meters that accept credit cards and still coins.
Credit card enabled solar powered "smart" single-space meters<ref name="DCist">{{cite web|last=Mathis|first=Sommer|title=D.C. Testing Solar-Powered, Credit Card Parking Meters|url=http://dcist.com/2010/01/dc_tests_solar-powered_parking_mete.php|publisher=DCist|access-date=12 January 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613003350/http://dcist.com/2010/01/dc_tests_solar-powered_parking_mete.php|archive-date=13 June 2010}}</ref> were installed in Los Angeles in 2010, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated "the city's Department of Transportation had projected the 10,000 Coin & Card parking meters installed over the last six months would generate 1-1.5 million in revenue each year".<ref name="MyFoxLA">{{cite web|last=Lovelace|first=Dennis|title=New Credit Card-Use Parking Meters Raking In The Dough|url=http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/new-credit-card-use-parking-meters-raking-in-the-dough-20101014|publisher=My FOX LA|access-date=12 January 2011}}</ref> These parking meters replace the top of the meter, but use the existing pole, and use solar power, which can help with sending technicians a wireless signal when in need for repair. DDOT (the [[District of Columbia Department of Transportation]]) states that this new parking meter will provide: "better return on tax payer's investment, a variety of options, reduced maintenance, a variety of easy payment options, and increased reliability".<ref name="DDOT">{{cite web|title=DDOT Starts Installation of New Solar-Powered Single Space Meters|url=http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/About+DDOT/News+Room/DDOT+Starts+Installation+of+New+Solar-Powered+Single+Space+Meters|publisher=District Department of Transportation|access-date=12 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114062958/http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/About+DDOT/News+Room/DDOT+Starts+Installation+of+New+Solar-Powered+Single+Space+Meters|archive-date=14 November 2010}}</ref>

New digital meters now account for all of [[New York City]]'s 62,000 single-space parking meters, which are more accurate and difficult to break into. New York City retired its last spring-loaded, single-space, mechanical parking meter at West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in [[Coney Island]] on December 20, 2006. "The world changes. Just as the [[New York City Subway#Fares|&#91;subway&#93; token]] went, now the manual meter has gone," said Iris Weinshall, the city's transportation commissioner, at a small ceremony marking the occasion, the New York Times reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/nyregion/20cnd-meter.html?pagewanted=print|title=New York Retires Last Mechanical Parking Meter|work=The New York Times|date=20 December 2006|access-date=10 January 2015|author=Chan, Sewell}}</ref>
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