Public On Parking Meters: Find A Different Kind

If the city is going to change something about its paid parking program, it ought to be the type of electronic meters it uses, merchants and residents said at a Thursday parking forum at Selby Library.
Here are some common complaints about the meters:
• Hard to read LCD screen in bright light
• Menu times out too quickly after trying to enter space number
• Doesn't print a receipt
• No telephone number to call to report problems
• Doesn't accept American Express
Originally Parking Management Director Mark Lyons had said at the meeting that swapping manufacturers wasn't on the table, but residents and merchants pressed the issue to at least have it discussed at the meeting.
Lyons did say stickers are coming to the meters for a number to call for help or report errors.
"We have a good parking system," Lyons said. "We

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