Apr 13, 2009
How we got where we are today with Chicago parking meters
Heard this 848 interview of Chicago Reader reporter Mick Dumke who’s story about the leasing of Chicago’s parking meters (cowritten with Ben Joravsky) ran in last week’s Reader.
In the story, Dumke and Jarovsky explore the lack of transparency running up to a deal in which the city signed a 75 year and $1.2 billion lease of its parking meters.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, Dumke and Jarovsky were able to get their hands of documents that shed new light on the negotiations surrounding the parking meter deal that led to higher meter prices across the city.
They, in turn, have mapped it all out for us to see.