Changes are coming for those with handicap placards and license plates, but a new permit will exempt certain people from paying for metered parking.

Despite the backlash from those who argued that free, super-convenient parking is a social justice issue, the city installed the pay-and-display boxes, and the meters were activated this morning.

WBZ-TV measured the height of one of the taller meters at roughly 66 inches, or 5 feet, 6 inches.