Oakland California, put parking meters into a place called Lake Merrit, (I'm simply saying I've never heard of any of Oakland's neighborhoods) and in just one year, those raised 850,000 dollars. That's how lucrative meters are

 

And that's why cities have parking meters... just to raise some spending money

https://oaklandside.org/2024/09/19/in-their-first-year-lake-merritt-parking-meters-raised-half-a-million-dollars-from-citations