Parking meter
![A fully mechanical Duncan brand parking meter which accepts U.S. pennies, nickels, and dimes](/Images/godic/202501/26/BlueParkingMeter2632.jpg")
![Parking meter ca. 1940](/Images/godic/202501/26/Parking_meter-19402632.jpg")
![A solar-powered multi-space meter in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Similar meters are also used in White Rock, British Columbia,[12] and Houston, Texas.[13] Solar is optional.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Multi-space_parking_meter2632.JPG")
![Parking meter in Downtown Austin Texas](/Images/godic/202501/26/ParkingmeterAustinTX2632.JPG")
A parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time. Parking meters can be used by municipalities as a tool for enforcing their integrated on-street parking policy, usually related to their traffic and mobility management policies, but are also used for revenue.