February 8, 2005
Sun-powered parking meters for city
Solar-powered parking meters capable of accepting credit cards and payment via mobile phone are to be installed in central Sydney, reports The Brisbane Courier Mail.
"Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the meters were already in use in North Sydney.
City of Sydney council said the mPark technology would also allow motorists to receive an SMS message on their mobile phone warning them their parking has almost expired".
Related articles and services:
-- M-Parking in Vienna The Austrian capital has just completed its first year of allowing residents to pay for any of its 126,000 short-term parking spaces by mobile phone, under what it calls its M-Parking system (October 2004).
-- Parking Fees to Be Paid by SMS -Sofia municipality (Bulgaria) will introduce a new "Pay and display" parking fee system (October 2004)
-- Austrians purchase car-parking tickets by mobile phones - About 50,000 drivers are now purchasing their car-parking tickets by mobile phone and SMS in Vienna and five other cities in Austria. "M-parking" was introduced a year ago by German IT services provider Siemens Business Services and mobile operator Mobilkom. (October 2004) Austria.
-- mParking - The first scheme in the UK which allows drivers to pay for parking by mobile phone has been launched in Scotland (October 2003).
-- Sydney Council today launched its new mobile phone payment parking system, which not only allows motorists to pay for metered parking using their mobile phone - but also lets them know via SMS that their meter is due to expire. (March 19, 2004)
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