Ann Arbor orders new solar-powered parking meters

Thursday, March 19, 2009 | Source: Concentrate

Parking a gas guzzler is becoming more sustainable in Ann Arbor.

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Paying for parking in Ann Arbor is about to become a bit more sustainable now that the city’s Downtown Development Authority has order a pilot set of solar-powered parking meters.

The DDA ordered 25 of these solar meters and expects to install them within the next six weeks. They will be placed on Main, Liberty and State streets as the first test phase of replacing the meters for all of downtown’s 1,500 parking meters.

“They’ll be in the most visible places so people get used to using them,” says Susan Pollay, executive director of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority.

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