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Once you've used the app once, payment becomes quite frictionless with an app. Without the app, I need to locate the pay station. Wait for anyone ahead of me al

Once you've used the app once, payment becomes quite frictionless with an app. Without the app, I need to locate the pay station. Wait for anyone ahead of me already at the pay station. Then determine if it's the old type that issues a paper window ticket or the newer type that uses your license plate. If it's the new type, I have to enter my license plate info, taking care to remember not to transpose the two digits that always trip me up. If it's the old type, I have to wait for the ticket to print then return to my vehicle and place it in the proper spot in my door window sill taking care not to let it fall out when I close the door. Then I have to remember what time I need to move my car or add more time and return to the pay station to do so. With the app, I have to do all of that once and the app remembers everything for me. If I am driving my wife's car, I don't have to try to remember her plate number. I can pay for my parking while walking to wherever I am going and I'll get a notification 5 minutes before my payment expires and can add time right where I stand at that moment. Parking apps can be great though it is annoying that every town seems to have their own app or payment provider.

themaninthedark 5y ago
LPT: take a picture of both your and your wife's license plate.
mastazi 5y ago
The problem is installing the app, that's the part I don't want. All you said applies to the case in which the app is installed. Edit: just to elaborate a bit further in case it's not clear: should people who don't have a smartphone, or their smartphone is broken, or maybe they forgot the charger home, still be allowed to park their vehicle in a public area? Isn't there a higher standard in terms of accessibility requirements, when you are providing a public service?
- c22 5y ago
  I got banned from my local parking app for "violating the terms and conditions". Though to my knowledge I used the app as a normal user would and to this day I'm mystified about what event caused the ban. Thankfully there are still kiosks that accept physical credit cards so I am able to legally park my car. It's a lucky thing I have a credit card that hasn't been banned because there no longer seems to be any way to pay with quarters.

themaninthedark 5y ago

LPT: take a picture of both your and your wife's license plate.

mastazi 5y ago

The problem is installing the app, that's the part I don't want. All you said applies to the case in which the app is installed. Edit: just to elaborate a bit further in case it's not clear: should people who don't have a smartphone, or their smartphone is broken, or maybe they forgot the charger home, still be allowed to park their vehicle in a public area? Isn't there a higher standard in terms of accessibility requirements, when you are providing a public service?

c22 5y ago
I got banned from my local parking app for "violating the terms and conditions". Though to my knowledge I used the app as a normal user would and to this day I'm mystified about what event caused the ban. Thankfully there are still kiosks that accept physical credit cards so I am able to legally park my car. It's a lucky thing I have a credit card that hasn't been banned because there no longer seems to be any way to pay with quarters.