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>> 1. Parking apps are worse than parking meters. > I certainly don't agree with that one. I really don't miss having to pay for a fixed number of hours and th

>> 1. Parking apps are worse than parking meters. > I certainly don't agree with that one. I really don't miss having to pay for a fixed number of hours and then having to figure out what to do if I'm running late (or wasting money if I get back early). Pay-on-exit car parks are the answer to this. Combined with contactless card payment and that's peak parking experience.

gs17 2y ago
>Pay-on-exit car parks are the answer to this Except having the actual barrier is expensive. The license plate reader is cheaper, so they'll do that instead, and if it malfunctions, hope you don't mind paying for a full day of parking!
ncruces 2y ago
Peek (parking) experience is the car having a tag and paying for itself, on parks, fuel pumps, toll roads at 120km/h (75mph), etc.
HDThoreaun 2y ago
parking apps tend to replace metered street parking in my experience, not garages.
kelnos 2y ago
> Pay-on-exit car parks are the answer to this. Combined with contactless card payment and that's peak parking experience. US here (you are presumably elsewhere given that you said "car park"), but I can't remember ever seeing a parking garage that had a parking app. All of them are like you describe, with pay-on-exit. I mainly see parking apps for street parking (where pay-on-exit can't work), and sometimes more basic parking lots where there isn't room for the entry/exit gate and hardware, or lots where it's bare-bones enough that the owner certainly isn't going to spring for the expense of installing something like that.
- piperswe 2y ago
  In Austin, I've parked in a handful of parking garages that require using an app. They have license plate recognition on entry and exit, and they mail you a nastygram if you enter/exit without linking a credit card to your plate online.

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>> 1. Parking apps are worse than parking meters. > I certainly don't agree with that one. I really don't miss having to pay for a fixed number of hours and th

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gs17 2y ago
>Pay-on-exit car parks are the answer to this Except having the actual barrier is expensive. The license plate reader is cheaper, so they'll do that instead, and if it malfunctions, hope you don't mind paying for a full day of parking!
ncruces 2y ago
Peek (parking) experience is the car having a tag and paying for itself, on parks, fuel pumps, toll roads at 120km/h (75mph), etc.
HDThoreaun 2y ago
parking apps tend to replace metered street parking in my experience, not garages.
kelnos 2y ago
> Pay-on-exit car parks are the answer to this. Combined with contactless card payment and that's peak parking experience. US here (you are presumably elsewhere given that you said "car park"), but I can't remember ever seeing a parking garage that had a parking app. All of them are like you describe, with pay-on-exit. I mainly see parking apps for street parking (where pay-on-exit can't work), and sometimes more basic parking lots where there isn't room for the entry/exit gate and hardware, or lots where it's bare-bones enough that the owner certainly isn't going to spring for the expense of installing something like that.
- piperswe 2y ago
  In Austin, I've parked in a handful of parking garages that require using an app. They have license plate recognition on entry and exit, and they mail you a nastygram if you enter/exit without linking a credit card to your plate online.