The first parking meter was put into operation on July 16,
1935, in Oklahoma City, OK. It cost a nickel to park downtown for an hour on
the southeast corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue.
Finding a parking space was becoming a problem for motorists
and shoppers. Nevertheless, some drivers fought the parking fee, calling it a
“tax” without due process of law.
That gripe didn’t get any traction.
Within a half dozen years, there were 140,000 parking meters
in America.
You know the rest of the story.
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