Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago's parking meters have been sold to another private company. The Johnson administration considered buying the meters back, ...

Parking downtown at a meter spot costs $7 an hour, up from $3 an hour when the city owned the parking meters 17 years ago. In what has been called a disastrous, lopsided 75-year deal, then-Mayor ...

Chicago's parking meters have been sold to another private company. The Johnson administration considered buying the meters back, but the sale price was way too expensive. Parking downtown at a meter ...

In 2008, Chicago's mayor decided to lease out the city's metered parking system — to privatize all 36,000 of its parking meters. Recently, there have been a variety of proposals to privatize things ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday the city will not try to buy back Chicago’s parking meters after all, following days of speculation over whether he would attempt to find a way out of an infamous ...

New parking meters placed outside a popular dining spot in Red Lion have created quite a stir. The parking meters were placed near Franklin Street Social and are causing customers confusion. “How do ...

Nearly two decades after a $1.15 billion deal privatized Chicago’s parking meters, a window has opened to seize the valuable asset back from private investors. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said his administration would not seek to buy back Chicago's parking meters, after weighing an attempt to get out of what he called "the worst deal in the history of ...

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Frederick is getting rid of its parking meters and requiring usage of an app, ParkMobile, for on-street parking starting in February. “Starting February 9, the City of Frederick Parking Department ...

EASTON — Meter and parking permit enforcement in Easton will be on hold until March, the town announced this week. You must be logged in to react. Click any reaction to login. You must be logged in to ...

In 2008, Chicago's mayor decided lease out the city's metered parking system — to privatize all 36,000 of its parking meters. Planet Money's Nick Fountain reports.