Carawou@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down12
arrow-up1109arrow-down1imageA Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.lemmy.worldCarawou@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoWhy is there even a parking meter there if it’s a bus lane?
minus-squarerowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoIt’s not a parking meter. It’s one of those electronic paying stations (pay box). You can zoom in. It even says so.
minus-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThey’re there because the city needs to pay the private company that owns the parking spots for the space the bus lane occupies (Actually not sure about this specific case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was, since Chicago Parking Meters owns all the parking meters too) Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters
Why is there even a parking meter there if it’s a bus lane?
It’s not a parking meter. It’s one of those electronic paying stations (pay box). You can zoom in. It even says so.
They’re there because the city needs to pay the private company that owns the parking spots for the space the bus lane occupies
(Actually not sure about this specific case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was, since Chicago Parking Meters owns all the parking meters too)
Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters