You have actual timers for each parking space?
I haven't seen any if those in ~30 years. All parking here in Sweden give you a paper reciept with the expiration time to place in your windshield.
I haven't seen any if those in ~30 years. All parking here in Sweden give you a paper reciept with the expiration time to place in your windshield.
The online app component seems to have been outsourced and thus has slightly different price structure; it also allows you to extend parking remotely.
It's implemented in Abu Dhabi city proper. I believe Dubai has the traditional ticket-based system only.
The biggest downside to our system is paying via app doesn't reflect on the meter so you see "EXPIRED" making you feel a little uncomfortable about the whole thing. I wonder if they just don't have a way in the infrastructure to update meters over the web.
In many smaller cities, however, they still have old meters that take coins and have a timer. There is really no incentive for small towns to upgrade their infrastructure, as requiring coins probably means they will be able to write more tickets, as people increasingly carry less cash.