Parking meters
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photograph by T. Scott Carlisle (link)
Parking meters in Birmingham are used to regulate the availability of parking spaces. The meters are installed and maintained by the city's Department of Traffic Engineering.
In 1937 the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the parking meters used by the city of Birmingham exceeded its legal authority to collect revenues and ordered them removed.
In 1984 the Downtown Action Committee sponsored a Parking Meter Santa Claus who added coins to expired meters in retail districts downtown.
In 2008 most parking meter fees were doubled, excepting 15 minute meters. In fiscal year 2009 $400,000 was earmarked for installing additional electronic parking meters.
References
- Crossen, Cynthia (July 30, 2007) "When Parallel Parking Was New and Meters Seemed Un-American." Wall Street Journal