Parking by app 'digitally excludes older drivers'

> There are an estimated 30 parking apps in use in the UK. To pay, a user must find the right app to download, set up a payment account and find the right location for the car park.

You know, this is where China is getting it right: Everyone is using WeChat and it pays for everything, and presumably you just need one copy of it on your device to do all that.

Now the UK must be a market ripe for consolidation. How is parking done in the States? Janky QR codes are part of it, I've heard.

It seems like you could just set up NFC scanners or tap-to-pay and be done with it, but they want you to have an account.

The transit system here launched mobile fares in January, and sure enough, they've continued to neglect and remove fare vending machines. The last time I rode the train, I was forced to use a slightly more expensive card that I'd pre-purchased, because neither machine would put out, and I didn't feel like using the app again.