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Copenhagen is right now moving to a fully digital model: you enter your license plate in the machine or some online app. The people checking the parking have pr
by Erwin 11y ago
Copenhagen is right now moving to a fully digital model: you enter your license plate in the machine or some online app. The people checking the parking have presumably some kind of license plate scanner.
The online app component seems to have been outsourced and thus has slightly different price structure; it also allows you to extend parking remotely.
- Cyph0n 11y agoIn Abu Dhabi, UAE you have the option to use either. When you park, you just send an SMS with your license plate and the number of hours. That amount is deducted from your account, which should be created beforehand.
- wodenokoto 11y agoI love dumb-phone solutions to smart-phone apps.
- Cyph0n 11y agoYeah, a simple solution to a simple problem, and guarantees maximum reach in the process.
- tedmiston 11y agoIs this state-wide? How does the system know which lot you're parked in?
- Cyph0n 11y agoThere are only two rates, so you include which type in the SMS. Location is not needed; the parking officers just check cars using a tablet to see if they have the right to park there. It's implemented in Abu Dhabi city proper. I believe Dubai has the traditional ticket-based system only.
- tedmiston 11y agoMy city (Cincinnati, Ohio) is also moving an app-based street parking model. You pay via phone app and don't have to worry about carrying quarters. There's a petty credit card surcharge of like $0.25, but it's understandable given the low amount of the transaction. The biggest downside to our system is paying via app doesn't reflect on the meter so you see "EXPIRED" making you feel a little uncomfortable about the whole thing. I wonder if they just don't have a way in the infrastructure to update meters over the web.