Another meeting, another parking meter, no quarters. Is this on purpose, so I will for sure get a parking ticket?
And then I read an article about a parking meter that is actually user-friendly and gives municipalities five times the amount of revenue of current on-street meters. Nirvana.

Photo Violation Technology recently announced its parented PhotoViolationMeter. Product trials are underway.
Drivers have the option of paying by coin (multiple currency accepted), phone, debit, credit card, or smart card, right at their vehicle. User friendly options include a No-Fine option (where you have paid up front via credit card and the meter can automatically keep adding time until the vehicle pulls away), and a Grace Period option, which allows payment at the meter for expired time, rather than receiving a violation.

On the municipality-friendly side, the meter can enforce itself by issuing photo violations automatically. This drastically cuts down on violation disputes and court time by providing a picture of the offending license plate.

Come on, Mayor Fargo. Let's jump into the future, bring parking in Sacramento into the 21st century and stop once and for all those little three wheel vehicles doing U-turns to beat citizens to their car to give out those $50 tickets.
Now how will the City spend all that extra revenue?

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive