Pay by Cell Launched in Vancouver, Canada

This article discusses the implementation of a payment-by-cellular telephone automobile parking system in Vancouver, Canada. Acquiring wireless hand-held units for its 100 parking enforcement officers (PEO) in 2000, the city’s Parking and Enforcement division’s use of pay-by-cell allowed for a high level of synergistic cooperation between technological modalities. As a result of these efficiencies, the city was able to collect roughly S$40 million from parking management in the year 2006. This system has saved the city a great deal of cost due to the absence of publicly-accessible infrastructure such as parking meters, which cost about $200 per year in maintenance and about $1,000 for a new meter head. The city has recorded 1,500 phone transactions per day and has found that there are fewer violations under the new system than with conventional metering.

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• Authors:
  • Yong, Phoebe
• Publication Date: 2007-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 24-25, 27
• Serial:
  • Parking Today
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Bricepac, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1095-5062
  • Serial URL: http://www.parkingtoday.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular telephones; Electronic payment (Parking); Parking meters
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01056097
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 2007 12:27PM