Austin may add solar-powered parking kiosks

March 2, 2009

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TheAustin(Texas) American-Statesman: The Austin City Council is considering an $8.4 million contract to install up to 750 solar-powered parking kiosks that accept coins and credit and debit cards.Austin's current 3,800 coin-only meters are 13 years old, and they broke 14,000 times last year, causing the city to lose as much as $500,000 in fees, fines and staff time. The coin-only meters run on regular batteries. Solar panels would charge the kiosks' batteries.

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