In complete parking system, Parking meters are the places where most of the time is consumed. Parking meters sometimes are thus frustrating. However you might have thought of some modifications if they were present in parking meters, parking would have been really easy. You might be glad to know parking meter modifications suggested for many years and can really helpful are in the process and modifications might soon be available. Have a look at parking meter modification you might see in near future.
Quick credit/debit card payments:
If you choose to pay your parking fees from credit/debit cards instead of cards then you might have to be involved in a process that can last for 30 mins to 1 hour as well. It is mainly because of the factors such as busy credit/debit card machines, slow internet connection to process charges, support for particular bank or financial institution credit/debit cards and so on. However as per modifications are concerned in the near future, parking companies have planned to solve this problem by providing direct link machines. These direct link machines will work on a private internet line which allows accessing and processing credit/debit card payments quickly. Moreover these machines will be installed in parking meters directly to decrease the quantity of people in a queue waiting for service.
Universal parking cards:
Parking companies are planning to develop parking cards which will be accepted by all parking meters, no matter what company they belong to. These parking cards will be like ATM cards and one can use one particular parking meter card into another company’s parking as well. The parking meters universal card idea is still under process of complete development. Advantages of this modification will be decreased time to get access to parking. Moreover parking fees will go down as there will be no requirement to recruit separate parking assistants who process payments for parking. These parking meter cards once bought should we recharged with an amount and one can use them in any parking for ex in airports, malls, cinemas etc.
Solar parking meters:
It’s one change which is not of advantage or disadvantage to common people but this change is good for the environment. In most parking spots, parking meters are placed outside directly where sunlight falls, so parking meters in futures are planned to run on solar energy and keep the underline electricity line as backup power. The idea will benefit in saving huge amount of electricity as there are many parking meters present in one country. In parking areas where parking is located in the underground area of the building, solar panels can also be installed in a nearby street lights outside.
Parking meters will charge based on parking time:
This modification is in successful application in many parking meters. Airport parking Heathrow is one example of it. Parking meters offer parking individuals with different packages that are based on parking time. For ex if someone is on parking at the airport and will be returned after two or three days then he can opt for packages with long parking durations. Thus one can select any package as per suitable time and thus charges of these parking packages vary based on parking time you require.
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