It was like a lottery. Drive around downtown Silverton and look for parking spot and you might find one of the few remaining penny meters anywhere in the world. Those meters haven’t been ...

motorists paid for parking space in coins inserted in parking meters! All you had to do was slot enough coins into the meter for the duration you intended to occupy the parking space, be it half ...

The new option is expected to provide people who park downtown with a “convenient and flexible way to pay for parking.” There will still be an option to pay for parking using coins in the physical ...

Within days store owners noticed a positive effect in their profits thanks to the increase in customers with the regulated parking. What’s more, the coins collected from the meters also ...

And, of course, meters still take good old-fashioned coins. That’s how Dayra Diaz prefers to pay for parking. “I don’t like to give out my credit card number,” said Diaz, who does facials ...

Those meters haven’t been enforced for six months and the Silverton City Council this month voted to make downtown parking free for a maximum of three hours and to remove its coin-operated ...