How They Work: Pay-by-Plate Parking Meters
Posted: Aug, 25, 2020 10:36AM ET • 1 min read
Are you considering installing parking meters as a means to control your paid parking operation?
As a property or facility manager, you know it’s important to provide your customers with seamless parking experiences. And this is simple, your parking meters will handle what you need them to. However, choosing the right technology makes all the difference between a positive or negative customer experience.
Today’s latest and most effective parking meter solutions are Pay-by-Licence Plate meters, also commonly referred to as Pay-by-Plate parking meters. Pay-by-Plate parking meters are a feasible tech-savvy solution that provide ultimate customer convenience and make overseeing the day-to-day of parking more manageable.
Pay-by-Plate parking meters are an automated multi-space solution, meaning that one parking meter can support up to 45 parking stalls. These machines require customers to input their licence plate number in order to pay for parking. As a result, customers are not required to display a receipt on their dashboard.
When a licence plate number is entered on a Pay-by-Plate meter, it is automatically enrolled, in real time, to an intelligent cloud-based server. Authorized representatives, including parking enforcement officers, allowing them to have access to this data to verify active and valid parking sessions via licence plate.
More advanced solutions let you integrate complementary technologies such as mobile payment apps, discount codes and virtual validations.
In addition to improving your customers’ experience and reducing risks, such as parking enforcement errors, lost tickets, or ticket sharing amongst customers, Pay-by-Plate parking meters provide a wealth of real-time data you and your team can analyze for behavioural trends, peak times, and much more.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Justin Powell
Regional President, Western Canada
Justin was already an experienced professional in the parking industry when he joined Precise ParkLink in 2005. He has a particular expertise in the areas of valet parking, parking lot management, and equipment sales, installation, and service. This experience and his commitment to serving his clients have not only made him a well respected figure in the Canadian parking industry but have contributed significantly to the growth of Precise ParkLink’s representation in British Columbia. Having studied business management at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Justin takes the time to understand the industry and the market he serves; he is an active member of the Canadian Parking Association (CPA), Canadian Transportation Group (sitting member), Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), and The Downtown Vancouver Association (DVA).
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