Carawou@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoA Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1412
arrow-up1412imageA Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.lemmy.worldCarawou@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 days agoWhy is there even a parking meter there if it’s a bus lane?
minus-squarerowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·7 days agoIt’s not a parking meter. It’s one of those electronic paying stations (pay box). You can zoom in. It even says so.
minus-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoThey’re there because the city needs to pay the private company that owns the parking spots for the space the bus lane occupies (Actually not sure about this specific case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was, since Chicago Parking Meters owns all the parking meters too) Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoBecause its a probably legal parking space. City painted the bus lane about a car length too soon, or the no parking sign a car length too late.
Why is there even a parking meter there if it’s a bus lane?
It’s not a parking meter. It’s one of those electronic paying stations (pay box). You can zoom in. It even says so.
They’re there because the city needs to pay the private company that owns the parking spots for the space the bus lane occupies
(Actually not sure about this specific case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was, since Chicago Parking Meters owns all the parking meters too)
Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters
Because its a probably legal parking space. City painted the bus lane about a car length too soon, or the no parking sign a car length too late.