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  2. Jones Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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    Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County [ 6 ] on Jones Beach Island , a barrier island linked to Long Island by the Meadowbrook State Parkway , Wantagh State Parkway , and Ocean Parkway .

  3. Long Beach station (LIRR) - Wikipedia

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    Long Beach station was originally built in 1880 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad, however it was much closer to the Atlantic Ocean than the present station. The site was surrounded by Broadway, Penn Street, Edwards Boulevard and Riverside Boulevard, and served the grand Long Beach Hotel, [ 6 ] which Austin Corbin claimed was the world's ...

  4. Vehicle registration plates of New York - Wikipedia

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    All-numeric serials issued in New York City district; 'A' series in Albany district (eastern upstate New York); and 'B' series in Buffalo district (western upstate New York). This happened again in 1917. [4] 1917 Embossed white serial on dark olive green plate with border line; "N.Y. 1917" centered at bottom none: 123-456 A123-456 B123-456

  5. Parking meter - Wikipedia

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    New digital meters now account for all of New York City's 62,000 single-space parking meters, which are more accurate and difficult to break into. New York City retired its last spring-loaded, single-space, mechanical parking meter at West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island on December 20, 2006. "The world changes.

  6. Long Beach, New York - Wikipedia

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    Unlike most communities near New York City, Long Beach is a high-density community. Fewer than 40% of the homes are detached houses, [22] and the city ranks as the 35th-densest community in the United States – ahead of larger cities like Chicago, Miami, and Philadelphia. The city is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide from ocean to bay and about 3 ...

  7. Automatic number-plate recognition in the United Kingdom

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    The London congestion charge scheme uses two hundred and thirty cameras and ANPR to help monitor vehicles in the charging zone. In 2005, the Independent reported that by the following year, the majority of roads, urban cetres, London's congestion charge zone, [6] ports and petrol station forecourts will have been covered by CCTV camera networks using automatic number plate recognition.

  8. Pay and display - Wikipedia

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    Pay and display systems differ from road-side parking meters in that one machine can service multiple vehicle spaces, resulting in lower set up costs. In addition, this system theoretically prevents drivers from taking advantage of parking meters that have time remaining; this factor alone has doubled parking revenues in cities that have switched to pay and display. [1]

  9. Good to Go (toll collection system) - Wikipedia

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    The revenue generated from the tolls is used to help pay for the replacement bridge, also tolled, which opened in 2016. [8] All tolling is electronic with no tollbooths. Tolling for people without Good to Go passes is done by license plate, and customer are sent the "Pay by Mail" toll rate, which includes a processing and mail fee. [9]