FEATURE PARKING TECHNOLOGY
The only major investment needed with the installation of phone parking is zone signage
Giving credit where due Credit card payment is an innovation sweeping the UK. After a successful trial of the EMV Level 2 chip and pin from Cale BriParc, the London Borough of Camden has converted a number of their parking terminals to accept credit card payment. Te previously coin-only terminals have been
upgraded with a chip and pin reader and keypad, allowing motorists the choice of paying for their parking by card or coins. Te solution is proving popular with motorists, who
appreciate being able to pay for their parking with a credit card rather than carrying sufficient loose change for the London parking charges. Te next step in card payment is ‘wave and pay’ technology. Plymouth City Council is upgrading its on
Mayday!… solar-operated parking machines at a Croydon hospital
and off-street parking facilities with the new system from Parkeon. Te contactless card readers in the pay-and-display
terminals are speeding up the parking process and easing facility management . Most manufacturers offering credit card options will
provide upgrades to existing machinery, making the process cost-effective in cash-strapped times.
Creating a sustainable option Metric’s Aura pay-and-display machines use solar power to run the coin-operated machines is the London Borough of Croydon. Barry Francis, general manager of infrastructure,
said Croydon’s policy of using sustainable technologies wherever possible meant they would be turning increasingly to solar power in the future. For both equipment suppliers and the parking
operators, the challenge is clear: cost-effective solutions that offer maximum convenience to the public, that can be easily upgraded to meet the latest technological advances and are sustainable and environmentally friendly. One to keep the research and development teams busy!
46 JULY 2010
www.britishparking.co.uk
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