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is in the process of burying 500 sensors in its streets next to existing parking meters in an effort to make them smarter.
The sensors would, in essence, talk to the meter by informing it — and thus the city — when a spot has been filled or vacated. Once a driver leaves a spot, the sensor would tell the meter to reset.
“They will zero. So when a vehicle leaves, that meter — if it still had 30 minutes on it — would go back to zero,” Public Works spokesperson Ann Williams explained.
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