Cool or Not Cool: Muni-Meters On 8th Avenue?

Call it progress. Call it a pain in the ass. The single-space parking meters on 8th Avenue are going the way of Kim Kardashians sham marriage. DUNZO. And the progress comes with a higher price tag! The new muni-metered spots installed on Monday morning will now cost 25 cents per 15 minutes, whereas the old single-spot meters were 25 cents per 20 minutes. You do the math.

According to Park Slope Patch, 20 meters will dot the 3-block stretch, which seems excessive. The solar-powered babies will accept major credit cards, quarters, New York City Parking Cards and $1 coins, because we all have a shitload of Sacagaweas laying around.

What do North Slopers have to say about this shit? Barbara Markus seemed a little vague about her feelings:

I hate them! They take too long to print your ticket and many times there is a line. Sometimes these machines don’t even work, so you have to walk across the street to use another machine. I got four tickets on Seventh Avenue so far.

Others think the new move is just a way for the city to make more money, not only because of the price hike but because one can't bogard off of people unused minutes (which I am notorious for). But the biggest gripes so far seem to be regarding the inconvenience of having to walk a couple of feet to pay for the parking. Park Sloper Carroll Kishe was quoted by the Patch with such a complaint: 

If your spot isn’t in front of the meter you might have to walk all the way down the block. The single-space meters are so much more convenient. 

To me this seems like something our gal Carrie Fisher would classify under high-class problems. But sound off, FIPS'ters. Muni-meters, cool or not cool?