IP: Parking enforcement on a roll

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 18:24:40 -0500
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Parking enforcement on a roll


By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff, 3/13/2002

The potential future of parking enforcement in Boston rolled slowly
down Columbus Avenue last week, trolling for license plates in the
South End's urban sea.

It's a white mini-SUV that's hard to miss, with two bright sodium
lights on the roof sitting alongside two tubelike digital cameras,
all pointed at car-bumper-level to catch any part of a number or
letter.

It is called a vehicle-mounted LPR or license plate reader, and
transportation specialists say it could become the most innovative
parking enforcement advancement since the seal-and-send Day-Glo
parking ticket.

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http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/072/metro/Parking_enforcement_on_a_roll+.s
html




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