#PARKING METERS

[hclib]

Parking Meters Subjected to Rigorous Tests to Determine Ability to Withstand Minneapolis Weather

While the Minneapolis City Council contemplated an ordinance for installation of parking meters along the curbs of city streets in July 1936, members of the city's engineering department put a selection of meters through a series of rigorous tests. How would they stand up to the varied climatic conditions of Minneapolis, where temperatures range from -34 to 108? Above, Ralph Springman and Vurn Johnson check results after freezing the parking meters at an ice cream plant. 10 parking meters manufactured by five companies were included in the tests which included freezing, baking, sand blasting, and drenching with water.

The results of the test? The parking meters couldn't take it. All of the meters developed mechanical defects when subjected to 120-degree heat, minus 6-degree cold, swirling dust and sand, slug and coin insertions and timing tests.

This caused some delay, but in August 1936, the city ok'd installation anyway. But then parking meter battles ensued. Bids were rejected, the ordinance came under fire and motorists rebelled. Minneapolis's first parking meter wouldn't be installed until April 4, 1940.

See more photos of the testing in the Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

[fotographee]

yeah, i go to shows: beetlejuice the musical edition

shea’s buffalo

march 24, 2023 // 7:02 \ 7:03 \ 7:06 PM

click for higher resolution >:)

[breezingby]

88 years ago...

On This Date: July 16, 1935 The very first parking meter makes its debut in Oklahoma City. Designed by Carl Magee - it was hoped meters would ease traffic congestion... (Ha !)

[timaeuslover001]

onto the next protest:

beaches parking meters

TOLL ROADS!

NO PRIVATE BEACHES

[wack-ashimself]

China owns the USA.

Here's 2 fun facts that should shock you back into WTF is actually going on:

1-A Chinese company has a contract to own every-single-parking meter in Chicago.

2-A Chinese company just bought enough stocks/property to own ONE THIRD of the pork market.

And the USA government ALLOWED all this to happen...so quit acting like they aren't all in it together. NO country (even ours) should own land outside its' borders. Yes, even fucking military bases.

[jefkphotography]

Digital parking meter display, in The Netherlands.

[pseuddamntired]

I just learned who owns Chicago’s parking meters. I’m sad now.

Go watch Climate Town’s video on this so you, too, can be sad (but informed and better defended).

[sporesick]

[puexii]

Kit meets a cat somewhere in the forest by the big wall surrounding Orizon

The wall is supposed to be ginormous, like 50 floors high ginormous. Might've made it look a bit too small 💥

Really proud of this one, even tho i made it some months ago

Also this was actually a redraw of some older art i did, will put it under the cut

It was originally for a dtiys I made on insta

The improvement,,, woag

(Old: 21 oct 2022, new: 25 jan 2024)

[fucksurass]

PIP BOOPS YOU

Dont look under the cut. If you know whats good for you.

HE BOOPS YOU 5000000 TIMES

[capt-t-leela]

Ugh, enough emotions.

My sweet goof bag of a husband planned a family camping trip over the nearest thing I have to a religious event (the Futurama season premiere), so since we live in the Pacific Northwest (aka Bigfoot Territory), I figured the only reasonable thing to do was to recreate Leela’s camping outfit from Spanish Fry and try to get some out of focus, grainy footage of that gentle Sasquatch / make sure my husband leaves the woods holding onto his lower horn [it’s used to it - WOOOOO].

[vintagepromotions]

'Starve a meter.'

London Underground poster (1987).

[florenceisfalling]

the furious, quick-foot flow of time

cannot be stopped by song or rhyme

nor mournful thought of yesteryear

subdued by mind's cheap souvenirs

yet as i lay me down to sleep

i've got my promises to keep

so happy birthday unto me

make this one gentle, finally

[syn4k]

earlier today i misspelled "playlist" as "platylist" and i instantly went "a playlist? PERRY THE PLAYLIST???" and made myself laugh so hard i spit out my snack. so at least ive got that going for me

[an-organism]

need .

[ray4youknow]