Parking Meters

This schedule will be in effect today for the Fourth of July holiday. Anne Arundel County offices: closed Courts: closed Libraries: closed Trash: pickup Annapolis City offices: closed Courts: closed Transit: regular service Parking meters: feed Trash: no pickup; recycling is collected Baltimore City City offices: closed Courts: closed Libraries: closed Parking meters: feed Trash: regular pickup Baltimore County County offices: closed...

Anne Arundel County offices: : closed : Courts:: closed : Libraries:: closed Public schools: : closed Trash:: no : pickup, landfills closed Annapolis City offices:: closed Courts:: closed : Transit:: no service Parking meters:: feed Trash: : no pickup Baltimore City City offices: : closed : Courts: : closed : Libraries: : closed : Parking meters: : feed Public schools:: closed Trash: : no pickup; landfills and transfer stations closed...

THE PROBLEM : A Stoneleigh parking space lacked a meter, yet drivers were still ticketed for parking there. THE BACKSTORY: Pam Somerville, the owner of Gratitudes gift shop on York Road, keeps dimes on her store counter and a sign on her door reminding customers to feed their meters. But she and others still received tickets for parking in one space in front of her store, even though there was no meter to feed. The meter at that spot was aligned with the stripe between the two spaces but was angled to face the one to the north, leaving the other uncontrolled.

This schedule will be in effect today: Anne Arundel County offices: closed Courts: closed Libraries: open Public schools: closed Trash: regular pickup Annapolis City offices: closed Courts: closed Transit: regular service Parking meters: feed Trash: curbside recycling collection only Baltimore City City office: closed Courts: closed Libraries: closed Parking meters: feed Public schools: closed Trash: no pickup; landfills and transfer stations...

Anne Arundel County offices: closed Courts: closed today and tomorrow Libraries: closed Public schools: closed Trash: No pickup. Today's collection will be picked up tomorrow . Annapolis City offices: closed Transit: No service Parking meters: free Trash: No pickup Baltimore City City offices: closed Courts: closed today and tomorrow Libraries: closed Parking meters: free Public schools: closed Trash: no pickup today; landfills and transfer...

As Baltimore's bean counters sweat the city's dwindling revenue streams, there is a bright spot: Money from new-fangled electronic parking meters is far higher then expected. In the four years since the black rectangular boxes that serve an entire block were installed, Baltimore parking revenues have risen 54 percent, from $4.5 million in fiscal year 2004 to $7 million this fiscal year. The increase has come without increased parking charges or the creation of new paid parking areas. "Financially, they are doing well," said Peter E. Little, head of the city's Parking Authority, calling the collection boon a "happy byproduct" of the machines.