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September 7, 2007 |
You pull into a parking spot and walk over to the meter. All you really expect that meter to do is take your coins and display your time limit. But for a new unit from Photo Violation Technologies, that’s just the basics.
 The meters, currently being piloted in Vancouver and Niagara Falls, N.Y., call your cellphone to warn when the meter is running low and let you top up your time over the phone. Drivers can also set the meters to pay in timed increments with a credit card. Both methods mean fewer parking tickets for drivers.
And because the meters are already hooked up to high-speed Internet links, the vendor has made each into a Wi-Fi hotspot, so drivers can check their e-mail as they sit in their cars before a meeting. Deploying these meters could give cities a Wi-Fi network in addition to highly functioning parking units.
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