Tuesday  5 November 2024


Street-parking? You need an app for that
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Yesterday we visited an acquaintance in another city.

Parking on the streets in the area now requires a mobile app.
This is the only way you can pay for your parking.

The vendor-machine that sells the parking tickets was replaced a few
years ago. The new machine doesn't print out parking tickets, you have
to enter the license plate and pay your fee, with cash or a card.

Yesterday we discovered that these machines have been removed. A new
shield is affixed high on the lampposts in various locations in the
neighborhood, stating only an parking area code that you have to enter
in some app, and that failure to do so will lead to a parking fine.

Our acquaintance doesn't drive a car, and wasn't aware of the change.
The community website doesn't provide much more information, it lists
a number of companies who offer an mobile app.

So, it is no longer possible to pay for your parking ticket with cash
or with a card. The requirements for parking now are:

* a smartphone
* a mobile internet connection
* being a customer of one of those parties that provides a parking app

All in the name of progress, of course.



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