Parking Fees May Help
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A plan to raise $100 million by charging for parking near a new stadium is one of the top proposals in the city's bid to find private money to finance the ballpark.
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A decision by a London borough to introduce different rates for parking permits based on vehicle fuel emissions has led a string of other areas around Britain to follow suit, AFP has learnt.
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New York City, where tolls are $6 and putting your car in a parking garage for just an hour can run you $20, is already an expensive place to drive. Now the mayor wants to make it so costly some people won't even bother driving and will take mass transit instead.
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By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 10--A few years ago when the city started looking at the possibility of annexing portions of the West Park neighborhood, the city had to face the question of how to pay to extend city services into the area.
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By Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 5--Baltimore County officials say parkland is so scarce in some areas that they're willing to pay premium dollars when it becomes available.
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A substantial number of new roads could be funded by "pay as you drive" charges, research suggests.
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A pro's auto insurance savings tips.
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It will not be a typical "kick the tires" weekend at the car lot. This lot will sprawl across Boston&#146;s City Hall Plaza, and the products on display will be aimed at people with as little as a few hundred dollars to spend as well as those curious to see feats of engineering that cost millions of dollars.
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Here's a city with a parking crisis, crippling traffic jams, and unaffordable rents.
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When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000.
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Those little investing fees can clobber you down the road.
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Free hybrid-car parking. Cash rebates for installing solar panels. Low-interest loans for energy-saving home renovations. Money to tear up desert lawns and replace them with drought-resistant landscaping.
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More tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees.
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By Kerri Ginis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--Faced with the prospect of dark streets -- and criticism from local leaders -- residents in an upscale Fresno County neighborhood say they want another chance to vote on a fee increase to maintain their streetlights.
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Car-users should be charged to use roads to help pay for upgrades, a business organisation claims.
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By Brittany Wallman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 11--FORT LAUDERDALE -- What's it worth to save 22 seconds of drive time?   Not $32.5 million, city commissioners agreed last week.
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By Kathleen Kreller, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jan. 30--Boise residents would have to pay more for garbage pickup,  recycling and sewer hookups with proposed fee increases.   The Boise City Council will consider the fee increases during a public  hearing tonight.