Local businesses at first feared that metered parking would drive away existing customers.

当地人起初担心这样会赶走已有的消费者。

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Advocates of the Redwood City plan pointed to the success in the early '90s of a similar program in Pasadena, Calif., which implemented metered parking in a skid row neighborhood called Old Town.

红杉城计划的拥护者提到过加州的Pasadena 90年代早期一个相似的成功计划，即在该市一个比邻贫民窟的叫做Old Town的地方施行街边停车计时收费。

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The Shanghai Daily said that local drivers tend to haggle with city parking attendants, while avoiding the city's mere 130 electronically-metered spots.

《上海日报》报道，为避免在该市约130个电子计费场地停车的当地司机，经常与停车场管理人员讨价还价。

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Salt Lake City has just joined several other cities that offer free metered parking for all green vehicles.

NPR: Cities Offer Free Parking to Hybrid Drivers

But since the city sold its metered parking to a group of private investors led by Morgan Stanley last year, the level of rage in the city over hikes in parking-meter rates and aggressive parking enforcement has gone way up.

FORBES: Help Ailing Cities: Reinvent The Parking Ticket, Cribbing Lessons From Starbucks, Six Flags

While no other major airport offers such a generous incentive, several cities offer free parking for electric cars in metered spaces.

WSJ: It's Less Easy Being 'Green' as Los Angeles Yanks Plug on Free Parking for Electric Cars