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Re:Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking... by wdr1 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @11:49PM (#24892675)
Chicago already sold the rights to enforce its parking meters for 75 years. There's now a private company running all of them.

https://www.bettergov.org/news/chicagos-parking-meter-deal-a...

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/us/20cncmeters.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/10/why-doe...

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Re:Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking... by gok on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:25AM (#24893301)
Chicago sold the rights to parking fees and meter operation. Enforcement is still done by the city, and fines go to the city budget.
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