tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post1611055329701308188..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Oh, Happy Day . . .Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-3461405039248080472008-08-21T01:59:00.000-07:002008-08-21T01:59:00.000-07:00Yeah, and apparently Zagreb Parking bought it from...Yeah, and apparently Zagreb Parking bought it from two Zagreb guys and than spread it all around. There is a time limit in Zagreb as well, depending on where you park, but if you are in a 3 hour zone, for instance, you can prolong it at your leisure. ;) MihaelaRantalicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106444777796555809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-27598680080620055192008-08-14T00:14:00.000-07:002008-08-14T00:14:00.000-07:00apparently the Zagreb Parking company invented thi...apparently the Zagreb Parking company invented this way of paying for the parking ... go figure :)<BR/><BR/>Irena from ZagrebUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247063171987061504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-63260535867765145872008-08-12T21:14:00.000-07:002008-08-12T21:14:00.000-07:00Quite a few U.S. cities have adopted this technolo...Quite a few U.S. cities have adopted this technology over the past few years: Redwood City, CA; Riverside, CA, Coral Gables, FL, Houston, San Francisco, Las Vegas... to name a few.<BR/><BR/>Even better is when meters can be dynamically adjusted to market demand so that there are always 10% or so spaces available. That cuts down on traffic congestion and pollution enormously. Google Donald Shoup for words of wisdom from the parking guru.Skeletor Donglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507337112138263759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-7130844123030592082008-08-11T11:15:00.000-07:002008-08-11T11:15:00.000-07:00I say we leapfrog Croatian technology and automati...I say we <B>leapfrog</B> Croatian technology and automatically charge you for exactly how long you were parked, regardless of whether you remembered to use your cell phone at the two-hour mark or not.<BR/><BR/>Some municipalities may need to be coaxed out of a predatory model in which they <I>want</I> you to run out of time on your meter so they can hit you with a fine. Where I live, parking meters typically have a maximum time limit and you're theoretically not supposed to feed the meter past that point (whether by cell phone or in person).Richard Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833387144768089695noreply@blogger.com