City of Berkeley Parking Meters

I agree with JR! City of Berkeley is the worst place to visit if you drive. No parking to start off with. If you are lucky to find a spot then you have to get out and walk to find a ticket machine that actually works, then you get a piece of paper you place on your dash. If you are lucky you get someone checking the meters that isnt blind and actually spends the time to read the receipt before giving you a ticket. Oh and if you do get one «accidentally» you only have a short time to dispute it or the late fees start racking up … the fact you shouldnt have gotten it in the first place doesnt matter you still have to pay!

What kind of sucky pieces of crap are the parking meters on Dwight Way near Shattuck? Well, I’ll tell you. Not only is parking very expensive, but the machines only allow for an hour or two of parking, and worst of all, the machines frequently eat your money without giving you any credit or a refund. And if you as much as tap the meter after it fails to register your coin (s), it tilts like a cheap pinball machine & displays a «FAIL» message, causing you to lose all of the money you’ve put in to that point.
The only good thing I have to say about the meters is that when you use a credit card and it’s toward the end of the afternoon, you don’t get charged beyond the time after which enforcement ends. Big whoop.