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New Client February 15, 2022

Village Of Broadview to Implement Paid Parking

A consultant was brought in by the Village of Broadview to conduct a study as to the feasibility to employ paid parking in the village. After they concluded that…

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New Client May 15, 2022

Total Parking Solutions Announces Their Expansion to Florida's Gulf Coast

In cooperation with Flowbird America based in Clearwater, TPS decided the time was right to officially expand operations to the underserved Florida Gulf Coast…

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New Client October 15, 2022

Village of Oak Park Adds More Flowbird Pay Stations

Due to the pandemic, the Village of Oak Park postponed their five-year master plan to replace single-space meters village-wide. Getting back on track, this year…

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New Client April 15, 2022

Deerfield Removes Manual Honor Boxes and Installs Electronic Parking Terminals

The Village of Deerfield contacted TPS in search of a solution to the tedious tasks honor boxes present to their users and Village staff. Flowbird/Cale parking…

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Contract Award April 15, 2022

City of East Chicago Decides on TPS and Flowbird

After a nearly yearlong search, including several presentations, for the best way forward in implementing a paid parking system at their Lake Michigan lakefront…

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New Client November 15, 2022

Total Parking Solutions adds Highland Park, IL to its' Client List

Highland Park issued an RFP early 2022 to vendors to replace their honor boxes as the only means of payment for parking. In converting to a fully electronic Pay by…

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News February 15, 2022

Village Takes the Liberty to Revamp Their Metra Parking Operations

The Village of Libertyville needed a solution for the expansion and restructure of their Metra parking lot system. So early 2022, with the assistance of TPS and…

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Upgrade August 15, 2022

Wisconsin Dells Replaces Their Remaining T2/Digital Pay Stations

Total Parking Solutions has replaced the last of the T2 pay stations for the City of Wisconsin Dells, Wi. with Flowbird S4 parking terminals. The touch screen model…

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New Client September 15, 2022

New Buffalo, Michigan Adds Flowbird Stealth Terminal for Boat Ramp Et al.

A few years ago, the City installed a Cale CWT for parking payment in their overflow parking lot as well as for boat launching in an adjacent boat ramp. Conditions…

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Contract Award March 15, 2022

End of Life for T2 Parking Terminals in Elburn, Il. – Total Parking Gets the Call

With everything reopening again and commuters again taking the Metra trains, Elburn saw they could no longer depend on their old, outdated parking pay stations. Two…

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Contract Award October 15, 2022

Total Parking Wins Bid to Upgrade Crystal Lake to Flowbird Stealth Touch Screen Pay Stations

The City of Crystal Lake advertised a competitive bid for the replacement of their fifteen-year-old Cale 104XL pay stations. The choice was clear. Eight Flowbird…

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Contract Award November 15, 2022

Muskego, Wi. Decides on Total Parking for their Solution

Several years ago, the City installed Parkeon Stradas to provide a payment mechanism for both parking and boat launching. Seeing that it was time to go in another…

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Milestone August 15, 2022

City of Evanston is now 100% Multi-Space with TPS and Flowbird

After years of planning and maneuvering to deliver a city-wide, uniform parking program for the City and it's residents, staff purchased the final twenty eight…

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Upgrade January 15, 2021

Lake Geneva Completes Conversion of Pay Station to Flowbird/Cale

The City of Lake Geneva has removed the last of their outdated pay stations and replaced them with touch screen Stealth Cale terminals. These new terminals located…

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New Client April 15, 2021

Wisconsin Dells Adds to Their Flowbird Parking Terminal System

Apparently Wisconsin Dells is more than satisfied with the Stealth parking terminals that TPS installed for them in 2020. This season they called TPS with an order…

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News April 15, 2021

TPS Customers Take Advantage of the Elimination of 3G Communications by AT&T

Early in 2021, AT&T informed Flowbird/Cale that all 3G communication will phased out in 2022, requiring their equipment to be converted to 4G. TPS notified all of…

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News July 15, 2021

T2 Properties Calls on TPS to Collect their Parking Fees

T2 Properties of Chicago took ownership of a parking lot in Chicago's Chinatown, an extremely vibrant community where parking is at a premium. TPS will be…

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News December 15, 2021

Renew Properties of Algonquin Purchases Cale Parking Terminal

Renew Properties installed a parking payment system only a few years ago and it didn't quite meet up to the hype that the vendor promised. Because they were…

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News January 15, 2020

Will County Courthouse Acquires New Lot

Along with the new lot, the courthouse in Joliet has also implemented pay stations through Total Parking to provide a better user experience and easier access for…

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News February 15, 2020

Richton Park to Allow for Permit Sales

Soon, Richton Park will upgrade their pay stations to allow the sale of parking permits to customers at the machines. This will help with upcoming village staffing…

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News March 15, 2020

New Lenox Acquiring 8 Machines

With the rehabilitation of their Metra station, New Lenox will be adding new technology to the lot, acquiring 8 new pay stations to be open by Thanksgiving in the…

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Upgrade July 15, 2020

Villa Park Upgrades to LPR

Starting this summer, Villa Park will be upgrading to license plate recognition technology. Moving from a pay-by-space method to pay-by-plate, improving ease of…

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Upgrade May 15, 2020

Medina Park District Upgrades to CWT

The Medina Park District has decided to go with Total Parking to upgrade their system. Starting next week, their parking meter will be replaced with a Cale Web…

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News June 15, 2020

Machine Added to Glencoe Metra Station

Starting this year, Glencoe will use a CWT machine at their local Metra station. The installation at this station will create an easier transition from the car to…

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Upgrade May 15, 2020

Lake Geneva Welcomes Pay Station Upgrade

Starting in May, the city of Lake Geneva decided to upgrade their pay stations from pay-by-space to pay-by-plate. Total Parking Solutions has installed 50 of the…

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Installation January 15, 2020

Forest Park Receives Installation of New Machines

To kick off the new year, Forest Park has ordered the installation 34 CWT Stealth pay stations from TPS. Since January, implementing paid parking with these…

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News October 15, 2020

Evanston Continues To Add More Machines for Hospital, Residential Areas

In addition to the considerable amount of machines throughout Evanston, more continue to be added over the months to other areas which include more downtown…

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Upgrade June 15, 2020

Villa Park Orders Upgrade

In the month of June, the village of Villa Park has ordered to upgrade their MPC machine models to CWT machines. The implementation of a pay-by-plate system and…

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News June 15, 2020

Will County Makes Decision for New Machines

By the end of June, Will County will have switched to a fully automated parking system, rather than the system currently in place with a physical agent to collect…

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News November 15, 2019

The Metra Heritage Corridor Welcomes a New Stop and TPS in Romeoville

Total Parking Solutions added another customer on the Metra system by way of a new Metra stop in Romeoville. The station currently has around one hundred twenty…

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New Client November 15, 2019

Joliet's Central Business District Parking System Enters the 21st Century

In November 2017 the City of Joliet became the first Greater Chicagoland municipality to remove their on-street single space parking meters and place into operation…

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News August 15, 2019

This Villages' Honor Boxes are Now Worthless

It didn't take Total Parking Solutions very long to convince the Village of Worth officials on what was needed to make the life easier for their commuters and…

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Upgrade February 15, 2019

Peoples Parking in Chicago's South Loop Replaces Digital Pay Stations

A parking operator has decided that the time has come to make the changeover from Digital to Cale. Over the past several decades, because the programming…

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Upgrade October 15, 2017

Illinois State University Converts Their First Parking Meters

The I.S.U. campus has joined the Cale multi-space family. Single space meters could no longer accommodate a student center lot with some serious parking turnover.…

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New Client June 15, 2017

Highland Park Park District Automates Parking Payment at Rosewood Beach

To simplify things for both the Park District and those who frequent Rosewood Beach, the Park District decided that a Cale CWT parking terminal. Patrons pay by…

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News December 15, 2017

Village of Bellwood Goes Automated with Cale and Total Parking Solutions

The Village of Bellwood Metra Station provides parking for less than 100 vehicles. But no matter how small, they are treated with the same as the Orland Parks,…

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Contract Award January 15, 2016

Total Parking Solutions Awarded 10 year Contract

Total Parking Solutions, Inc. and CPS Chicago Parking, LLC have completed a contract that will provide for complete refurbishment of 123 Cale parking terminals at…

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Upgrade March 15, 2016

Village of Palatine to do Major Conversion from Honor Boxes to Pay By Plate System

In 2015 the Village of Palatine had a consultant conduct an in depth parking study of their 1,000+ space parking system. A major overhaul was recommended to go from…

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New Client May 15, 2016

Vernon Township Adds a Third Pay Station for the Sake of Safety

The students from Adlai E. Stevenson High School were welcome to park at the Metra station parking lot; however, they needed to cross the Metra tracks to pay the…

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Upgrade October 15, 2016

U.I.C. Removes more Single Space Meters in Favor of Pay By Space Terminals

Another parking lot on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus has been switched from meters to pay stations. When the students return for the 2016 fall…

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New Client October 15, 2016

Chicago Ridge Switches from Honor Boxes to Cale Pay By Space Terminals

Being next door to Oak Lawn, Chicago Ridge heard about their automated Cale parking system and thought they should look into it. Their honor boxes were old, both…

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News December 15, 2016

St. Louis Auto Park goes to Automated Parking Terminals with TPS

Directly adjacent to the popular City Museum in downtown St. Louis, St. Louis Auto Park was seeking a way to add payment options and a lack of auditing capability.…

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New Client January 15, 2015

Aurora Converts Second Parking Lot at Route 59 Metra Station to Pay by Plate

After seeing the success of the Cale pay by plate application at the Aurora Transportation Center, the City went ahead and converted the larger Route 59 Metra…

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New Client March 15, 2015

New City of Elmhurst Downtown Garage Adds More Cale and Total Parking Solutions, Inc.

A brand new parking facility in downtown was needed to provide more parking for the burgeoning commercial district and the growing number of commuters. Two Cale CWT…

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New Client May 15, 2015

Lake Forest Upgrades East Downtown Metra to Cale Pay by Space Parking Terminals

Thanks to a Metra station rehab, the City of Lake Forest no longer will be unfolding dollar bills now that the honor boxes have been replaced at their second Metra…

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New Client May 15, 2015

Cicero Commuter Parking Payment Now in 21st Century

At the old stomping grounds of Al Capone (he may have even paid to park at the honor boxes we removed), Cicero have converted from manual to electronic with the…

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Upgrade October 15, 2015

Lombard Metra Station Rehab Includes Upgrade to Parking Pay Terminals with TPS

After an evaluation of bids in response to their RFP, Lombard selected Total Parking Solutions, Inc. to install four state of the art Cale CWT pay by space…

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News December 15, 2015

TPS/Cale Easy Choice for Riverside

Ten years ago, the Village of Riverside selected Total Parking Solutions, Inc. to replace their antiquated Parkeon pay station. Obviously, they were satisfied with…

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Installation January 15, 2014

TPS and Cale to Install in Village of Buffalo Grove

The Village of Buffalo Grove has contracted with Total Parking Solutions, Inc to install and maintain five CWT Cale parking terminals to replace their honor boxes.…

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Upgrade April 15, 2014

Village of Skokie Converting C.T.A. Station Honor Boxes to Cale Pay By Space Terminals

The Village of Skokie will be removing their honor boxes and installing three Cale pay by space parking CWT terminals. The Village was extremely impressed with the…

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Upgrade May 15, 2014

Village of Downers Grove Removes Single Space Meters in Favor of Pay Station

Village employees will no longer have to spend the time to go enforcing, collecting, repairing, and maintaining meter to meter at the Fairview Metra station. The…

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Installation October 15, 2014

TPS Installs First Pay by Plate Application in Midwest

Aurora, Illinois will not only be installing Cale parking terminals in their Transportation Center this fall, but the terminals will operate as Pay by Plate,…

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News October 15, 2014

Wilmette Decides to Switch to Multi-Space with TPS

TPS won the award for the installation of four pay by space terminals at the Village of Wilmette Metra station parking lot. The single space meters have been…

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New Client January 15, 2014

University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Adds Two Pay Stations

Due to the satisfaction of the University parking staff and its' parking public, U.W.L. has decided to add two additional pay stations, bringing the total number on…

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Upgrade January 15, 2013

Kankakee Valley Park District Replaces Obsolete Pay Stations

The Kankakee Valley Park District manages and maintains three parking lots along the Kankakee River. The users and the K.V.P.D. have been frustrated by the constant…

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Installation March 15, 2013

Sunshine Parking Installs Cale in South Loop Parking Lot

Sunshine Parking knew replacing the honor boxes in their South Loop parking lot was a foregone conclusion. To fill the bill, Total Parking Solutions, Inc installed…

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New Client May 15, 2013

Des Plaines Adds Five Cale Pay Stations

As part of a Metra station rehab project, the City of Des Plaines has added five pay by space Cale MPCXL pay stations to the two they already had in operation since…

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New Client June 15, 2013

City of South Haven, Michigan Continues Its' Conversion to Cale

Since installing seven pay by space terminals in 2012, the City of South Haven has reaped the operational and financial benefits of an electronic parking payment…

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News October 15, 2013

Last Stop on the Metra Union Pacific North goes with TPS/Cale

The City of Kenosha is discontinuing their cumbersome parking permit system and has selected Total Parking Solutions, Inc and Cale to replace it. Two Cale pay and…

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New Client October 15, 2013

Downer Grove Adds To Their Pay Station Population

With the Belmont train underpass project now completed, which included expansion of its parking, the Village of Downers Grove saw it was necessary to add another…

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News May 15, 2013

Village of Brooklyn, Illinois reaches out to TPS for Help with Their Parking "Problem"

Brooklyn, Il., whose claim to fame is being the oldest town incorporated by African Americans in the U.S., called T.P.S. to ask for some help. Their "problem" is…

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Upgrade January 15, 2012

Village of Roselle is the Latest to Convert to Cale Pay Stations

After issuing an RFP to replace their parking pay terminals at their Metra station, the selection process was narrowed down to three finalists. After little…

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Upgrade March 15, 2012

Village of Cary has TPS Replace Second Set of Pay Stations

Due to the immediate success of the transition to Cale pay stations at their west parking lot, the Village of Cary has gone ahead and replaced the machines at their…

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News May 15, 2012

Midlothian Invests in New Technology

Working to provide a more efficient and user friendly parking system for commuters at the Midlothian Metra station, the Village of Midlothian has decided to enter…

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New Client August 15, 2012

New Buffalo Michigan Installs Cale

When reading that their neighbor to the north, South Haven, decided to go with Total Parking Solutions, Inc to address their parking needs, the City of New Buffalo…

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Upgrade October 15, 2012

Lake Bluff Replaces Coin Operated Pay and Display Unit

The Village of Lake Bluff has chosen Total Parking Solutions, Inc to replace their antiquated pay and display machine at their Metra parking lot. The commuters will…

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Upgrade December 15, 2012

Park Forest Upgrades Parking Fare System

The Village of Park Forest has chosen Total Parking Solutions, Inc. of Downers Grove to help them upgrade their existing parking system at the Metra commuter…

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Milestone May 15, 2011

Total Parking Solutions, Inc Celebrates Six Year Anniversary

Since Joe Smith and Tom Zawacki opened Total Parking Solutions, Inc on May 1st, 2005, the company has grown to a client list of over 50, with 300+ pay stations in…

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Contract Award February 15, 2011

City of Lake Forest Selects TPS and Cale

Through what was a rigorous RFP process, the City of Lake Forest has elected to go with Cale pay stations at the west Metra commuter lot. A total of four vendors…

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Upgrade April 15, 2011

Village of Cary Issues RFP to Replace Pay Stations

Several years ago, in an effort to make life easier for staff and their commuters, the Village of Cary went from honor boxes to electronic pay stations. Since then,…

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Upgrade May 15, 2011

Libertyville Upgrades Technology

The Village of Libertyville has elected to upgrade the technology used at the Prairie View Metra train station for their daily parking patrons. The Village will…

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News June 15, 2011

Evanston Feels Time is Right for Pay and Display Parking Trial

The City of Evanston, with cooperation from Total Parking Solutions, Inc , is conducting a sixty day trial for Pay and Display Parking. One solar powered Cale…

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New Client May 15, 2011

City of Waukegan Upgrades Parking System with New Technology

In an effort to better accommodate commuter parking patrons at the Metra train station, the City of Waukegan has chosen to install 4 Cale Pay and display terminals…

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News September 15, 2011

Fontana Decides Parking Meters Can No Longer Bear It

The City of Fontana, Wisconsin has added two more pay by space meters to their Cale multi-space meter inventory. Since the establishment of credit card acceptance…

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News April 15, 2011

TPS Returns to St. Joe, Michigan

For the third year in a row, St. Joe is installing Cale pay and display terminals this spring. Two units are being installed in Lion's Park Beach along Lake…

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News December 15, 2011

Hinsdale Going with Solar Power Pay Station at West Hinsdale Station

The Village of Hinsdale is converting its' West Hinsdale Metra station over from permit parking only to pay by space, with credit card acceptance only. The decision…

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New Client January 15, 2010

The Village of Barrington has selected TPS and Cale to replace ten Guardian pay by space terminals at their Metra station. All pay stations will accept coins, bills, and credit card payment. In addition, with Cale's recent partnership with Parkmobile, the option to pay by cell phone will also be available.

Barrington…

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New Client May 15, 2010

Barrington Patch 11/15/10

Barrington Patch 11/16/10 Ohio Parking located in downtown Chicago, was seeking a solution for revenue collection during non-attendant off hours operation. A…

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New Client April 15, 2009

City of Berwyn's new long awaited parking deck to be opened in the fall of 2009. The City decides to install Cale Compact XL pay stations, which offers the users multiple payment methods and the City the impeccable service of Total Parking Solutions, Inc. The Cale central management system feature of "remote enforcement" will be the added bonus that Village staff will appreciate the most.

Total Parking Solutions, Inc starts out the new year by replacing four Parkeon pay stations with Cale terminals in the Village of Wheeling. Meters will accept cash…

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New Client January 15, 2008

City of Joliet Brings Their Metra Train Station Parking System into the 21st Century

Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback since the installation of the pay by space station in the Chicago St. parking lot, the City has decided to…

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News October 15, 2008

Village of Oak Park Realizes the Benefits of Cale Multi-Space Equipment and Confidently Moves Forward

When the Village of Oak Park reopened the Marion St. Mall to traffic and parking in November of 2007, they figured that it would be an excellent opportunity to put…

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New Client May 15, 2008

Oak Lawn Expands Parking System

The Village of Oak Lawn has expanded their Pay by Space parking system to include the main commuter parking facility at the Metra Train station. The decision to add…

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Contract Award June 15, 2008

Metra Rail Awards Contract to Total Parking Solutions, Inc.

Metra (Chicago, IL), one of the largest and most successful commuter rail systems in the country, has awarded Total Parking Solutions, Inc of Downers Grove, IL an…

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Upgrade August 15, 2008

Lakeshore Community of St. Joseph, Michigan Upgrades their Pay and Display Pay Stations by Installing Cale

Several years ago the City of St. Joseph, Michigan installed pay and display terminals at two of their waterfront parking lots. The application worked extremely…

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Upgrade October 15, 2008

Village of Riverside Replaces Pay Station at Metra Parking Lot

The Village of Riverside, Il. realized earlier this year that they were long overdue to replace their pay by space terminal at the train station. Not only had the…

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News July 15, 2008

Oak Lawn Goes Green

The Village of Oak Lawn, IL has installed a solar powered Cale multi-space meter into their North Metra commuter parking lot. The Pay by Space terminal will accept…

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New Client June 15, 2007

Joliet Uses Opening of New Parking Lot as Opportunity to Introduce Multi-Space Parking to their City

To help alleviate the parking congestion near the County Courthouse, the City of Joliet opened a new parking lot on Chicago St. at Marion. However, rather than add…

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Upgrade April 15, 2007

Orland Park Begins Upgrade to Parking Payment System with Total Parking Solutions, Inc

To coincide with the opening of the new 143rd St. Metra Station, the Village has decided that the timing was right to begin upgrading it's parking payment system…

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News March 15, 2007

Richton Park Turns to Total Parking Solutions, Inc & Cale for Metra Commuter Lot Solution

The Village of Richton Park, IL has selected to install Cale multi-space meters into their Metra commuter parking lot. The installation will consist of five Pay by…

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Contract Award January 15, 2006

Village of Forest Park Selects Total Parking Solutions, Inc & Cale for Commuter Lot

The Village of Forest Park has selected Total Parking Solutions, Inc to install Cale multi-space meters into their CTA commuter parking lot. The installation will…

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Contract Award December 15, 2006

City of Des Plaines Awards Total Parking Solutions, Inc Parking Fare Meters Contract

The City of Des Plaines has awarded Total Parking Solutions, Inc of Downers Grove, the parking fare meter contract for the Cumberland Avenue station. Total Parking…

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Contract Award May 15, 2006

City of West Chicago Awards Total Parking Solutions, Inc Contract

The City of West Chicago has awarded Total Parking Solutions, Inc of Downers Grove, the parking fare meter contract for the Metra commuter lot. Total Parking…

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News June 15, 2006

New Station to Receive Parking Fare Terminals

The Village of New Lenox has elected to install an electronic parking fare system for the new Metra station located at Laraway and Cedar Roads. Total Parking…

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New Client August 15, 2006

City of Crystal Lake Turns to Total Parking Solutions, Inc & Cale for Metra Commuter Lots Solution

The City of Crystal Lake, IL has selected to install Cale multi-space meters into their Metra commuter parking lot. The installation will consist of fourteen Pay by…

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Contract Award August 15, 2006

City of Harvard Selects Total Parking Solutions, Inc & Cale for Metra Commuter Lots

The City of Harvard, IL has selected to install Cale multi-space meters into their Metra commuter parking lot. The installation will consist of two Pay by Space…

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Contract Award March 15, 2006

City of Ypsilanti Selects Total Parking Solutions, Inc & Cale for Community Lots

The City of Ypsilanti, MI has selected to install Cale multi-space meters into their downtown area parking lots. One community lot will be serviced by Pay by Space…

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Contract Award October 15, 2005

University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh Selects Total Parking Solutions, Inc and Cale

In an effort to better manage the on-street parking issues in areas surrounding the University; UWO has selected through an RFP process Total Parking Solutions,…

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Installation May 15, 2005

Village to Install Automated Debit Card System at Metra Lot

Over the coming months, the Village will be working with Metra to streamline the existing daily fee payment system for commuters. The Village has entered into a…

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News August 15, 2005

( Source: Village News Page 4 Lemont, IL)

Big Basin Marina Seeks Solutions Big Basin Marina in Channahon, Illinois operates on the DesPlaines River and it is located near many popular boating locales, both…

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News December 15, 2005

This solution has given Big Basin Marina the ability to effectively control ramp access revenue during non-peak hours.

Cale, USA Partners with Total Parking Solutions, Inc. in Midwest Cale Parking Systems, USA has agreed to partner with Total Parking Solutions, Inc in the upper…

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