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Manhattan Beach Goes High-Tech

Apparently the saying “nobody carries cash these days” is resonating with the Manhattan Beach City Council because it recently decided to explore the option of quarter-less parking meters. The council is currently accepting proposals from parking meter vendors who can integrate non-cash options like debit card and credit card payments into the city’s meters. 

Anyone who’s driven in Los Angeles knows how cumbersome it can be to carry large amounts of quarters, and how cash-free payment options would eliminate this inconvenient, and often bulky problem. 

The city hopes to introduce these meters over a 10-month trial period beginning this December. This type of cutting-edge device would be ideal in a city as innovative and trendy as Manhattan Beach, as it’s difficult to leave a dinner, shopping line or cocktail party to fuel a meter.