Comments on: another government rant https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/ tough guy poetry and manly stories of loneliness Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Lyle_S https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20587 Lyle_S Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:52:14 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/#comment-20587 It's still a crappy system. Why not eliminate all the meters and have one terminal for payment every block or two? Milwaukee rules! It’s still a crappy system. Why not eliminate all the meters and have one terminal for payment every block or two? Milwaukee rules!

]]> By: Rolston https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20582 Rolston Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:07:10 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/#comment-20582 Calm down, calm down. There are new chrome/aluminum meters that can read a credit card, but the old ones with the yellow top to indicate commercial truck loading zones dont have a touch screen to enter PIN or amount, etc. It just reads the balance on the prepaid card and sucks out money till you remove it from the meter. Calm down, calm down. There are new chrome/aluminum meters that can read a credit card, but the old ones with the yellow top to indicate commercial truck loading zones dont have a touch screen to enter PIN or amount, etc. It just reads the balance on the prepaid card and sucks out money till you remove it from the meter.

]]> By: Lyle_S https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20580 Lyle_S Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:43:47 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/#comment-20580 That's makes sense, doesn't it donno, that Rolston would be the dumb-ass and not the govt? ;-) That’s makes sense, doesn’t it donno, that Rolston would be the dumb-ass and not the govt? ;-)

]]> By: donno https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20579 donno Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:54:46 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/#comment-20579 i stuck my credit card in one the other day. don't all of the meters have credit card slots too? i stuck my credit card in one the other day. don’t all of the meters have credit card slots too?

]]> By: Lyle_S https://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20577 Lyle_S Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:24:21 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2011/01/22/another-government-rant/#comment-20577 That's a lame system, for sure. Lots of areas in Milwaukee are using the system where you park your car in a numbered spot and walk over to an ATM-like machine to pay by cash or card. You type in your spot number and it tells you how much time is left from the previous payer, then you pay the remainder for what you need. It's a pretty good system. The government could make it even more profitable if it forced you to provide a previous receipt to re-up your parking time. In this way, new parkers couldn't take advantage of the previous parker's remaining time and the gov't could double up on parking revenues in that scenario. That’s a lame system, for sure. Lots of areas in Milwaukee are using the system where you park your car in a numbered spot and walk over to an ATM-like machine to pay by cash or card. You type in your spot number and it tells you how much time is left from the previous payer, then you pay the remainder for what you need.

It’s a pretty good system. The government could make it even more profitable if it forced you to provide a previous receipt to re-up your parking time. In this way, new parkers couldn’t take advantage of the previous parker’s remaining time and the gov’t could double up on parking revenues in that scenario.

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