There is no way out of Chicago’s parking meter disaster

Re:There is no way out of Chicago’s parking meter disaster by tigerBL00D on Thursday September 07, 2023 @10:56AM (#37419829)

So... what if these meters suddenly started breaking all over the place? Who's contractually liable to keep them operational?

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Re:There is no way out of Chicago’s parking meter disaster by Kon-Peki on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:19AM (#37420246)

The lessee. Early on a lot of unhappy people damaged the meters - you don't have to pay if the meter is broken. They learned from this and the current meters are very robust.

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Re:There is no way out of Chicago’s parking meter disaster by HelloMcFly on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:30AM (#37420409)

It only takes a can of spray paint, one need not bring a hammer. But now that it's all mobile-enabled all that doesn't help as much as it once did.

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Re:There is no way out of Chicago’s parking meter disaster by Kon-Peki on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:46AM (#37420714)

Point taken :)

It appears that spray paint is still illegal to sell in Chicago - obviously nobody has it. Right?

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago...

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Re:There is no way out of Chicago’s parking meter disaster by patrickmay on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:04PM (#37423058)

Robust to thermite? Asking for a friend.

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