Soon New York City drivers will no longer have to worry about leaving the paper receipts issued by parking meters visible on the dashboards of their vehicles when they park and make their payments. In their desire to facilitate diligence and avoid the use of large amounts of paper, transportation authorities in the Big Apple announced a plan that seeks to modernize the experience of parking in public areas by simply entering the license plate numbers.
The parking meter modernization program, called “Pay-by-Plate” will save tons of paper issued each year by the parking meterswhich according to City data, if glued together would represent approximately 2,500 miles, an amount that if extended could reach from New York to Los Angeles.
The changes will begin to be implemented on May 8, gradually with the parking meters in northern Manhattan, and then in the rest of the borough, as well as in Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island. To make payments by plate and without paper receipts, the drivers They will be able to pay for their parking at a kiosk or through the ParkNYC app, which will also provide real-time data to traffic officials.
“Our new pay-by-plate parking meters are easy to use and will make short-term parking easier for everyone,” said New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodríguez, who insisted on the benefits of the initiative. “Drivers will no longer have to worry about leaving a paper receipt on their dashboard and will be able to use the convenience of the ParkNYC app to pay the meter on the go.”
NYPD Commissioner Edward Cabán He stressed that the initiative, in addition to facilitating the work of control agents, will support public security efforts.
“Adding smart, evolving technology to New York City’s parking management system will improve the experience for drivers. This will be achieved by maximizing space availability and increasing turnover,” said the Big Apple police chief.
The City Department of Transportation explained that as soon as the changes are completed in the more than 80,000 metered parking spaces in the five boroughs, drivers will only have to enter their license plate number into the street meters. and the state where the license was issued, and complete the payment or through the ParkNYC mobile payment application, which already has more than 1.8 million users. NYPD officers will instantly receive the information on their portable devices, thus being able to better identify which drivers have paid.
The City Transportation agency stressed that in addition to facilitating the parking process for drivers, “the transition to the “Pay-by-Plate” model reduces carbon footprints, reduces maintenance and repair requirements and contributes to having cleaner streets. clean and with less garbage.”
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- If you want to know more about the new parking meters and obtain information about hours and how to use them, visit the page: nyc.gov/paythemeter
2024-04-09 19:04:10
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