Comments on: What are these weird posts on the sidewalk in Manhattan?

Question: What are these weird posts on the sidewalk in Manhattan?

dcjd — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:25:12 -0800

What are these weird posts on the sidewalk in Manhattan?

I recently have seen rectangular posts installed on the sidewalk in lower Manhattan. (south of 14th street) They are painted gray, have two circular yellow barriers on the street side to prevent cars from hitting them, and have a scary sticker on the top warning of electrocution. Another hint: the wet paint sign on one says Department of Transportation on it.

Here are two pictures of what I am talking about:

Picture 1

Picture 2

By: wsp

wsp — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:34:13 -0800

By the looks of it, something is yet to be installed on top of them (parking meters, perhaps?). They probably wanted to let the paint dry first.

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:45:31 -0800

Looks like a future Muni Meter (multi-space meter that prints receipts and allows credit payments) More info.

By: dcjd

dcjd — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:51:04 -0800

That Muni Meter picture looks pretty much identical. I think this one is solved!

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:46:00 -0800

Seconding ALongDecember, that is definitely it. I watched the whole process unfold from months of cig breaks at work.