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Councilor wonders: If the T lets you pay for parking with your phone, why not Boston parking meters?

By adamg on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:11am

City Councilor Tito Jackson (Roxbury) says it's time for the city to look at installing parking meters that let motorists pay via their smart phones.

At its regular weekly meeting tomorrow,the council will vote on a request from Jackson for a hearing into technology to enable phone-loving meters, similar to the phone payment system now in place at MBTA commuter-rail parking lots. He notes Boston already has meters that accept credit cards and CharlieCard-like smart cards.

Meter maids might not like Jackson's proposal, however - he says the meters could be set up to send text alerts to parkers when their time is almost up.

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Comments

By Cutriss on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:40am.

And the parking garages should get EZ Pass receivers. Apparently they do this at the Westwood Amtrak garage.

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By anon on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:57am.

He's a man of action!

Maybe the greatest campaign video I have ever seen.

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By anon on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:46am.

Well done, Carl. I mean, Tito.

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By Robert on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:19am.

Former councilor John Tobin filed something similar in 2008

http://www.wickedlocal.com/west-roxbury/news/x6970...

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By anon on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:43pm.

meter ticket-writers will like it even less once one takes the next step and the meter just writes the ticket to your smart phone when your car isn't gone in time ...

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By Matthew on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:58pm.

May as well move to fully automated parking space metering. Pay by how much time you spend in the spot, as measured from when you pull in until when you leave. If you want to discourage long term parking, have the fees go up over time, much like Hubway works.

It could even be implemented similarly to automated tolling: via license plate imaging or transponder.

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By anon² on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:42pm.

smart-congestion pricing.

Driving and parking, with money send to public transit and alternative lanes for scooters and cyclists.

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By Cutriss on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 4:22pm.

There's plenty of room on the B Ark.

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