City Set to Remove Last Single-Space Parking Meter in Manhattan
Monday, Sep 19, 2011 | Updated 9:39 AM EDT
The meters will be replaced by solar-powered Muni-Meters.
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The parking meter has expired.
The city will remove the last single-space parking meter in Manhattan on Monday, reports The New York Times.
It's part of a process to convert the whole city to the Muni-Meter system, where drivers get receipts from a solar-powered machine to place on their dashboards.
The city Department of Transportation says the new meters are an improvement because they take credit cards and require less maintenance.
A few of the old poles will remain behind.
They'll have their so-called "brains'' removed and then they'll be converted to bike racks.
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