Is the public taking to the new parking meters?

By Pepper Parr

May 26th, 2106

BURLINGTON, ON

The parking meters have been in place for a couple of weeks – but these two walkers don’t appear to be convinced that they can be trusted.

Which leads to the question – does the city have any sense yet that the acceptance rate of the new meters is on track.

Two citizens are not totally certain that this device is something they want to give their money to – is that the general sense in the city?

We are not hearing anything negative – but we aren’t hearing anything positive either – and we hear nothing about anyone actually using the telepark feature that lets people use their cell phone to pay for parking – and also has the potential to let commercial establishments pay for your parking.

The sense we are getting is that few appear to want to pick up that option – which is unfortunate. That part of the software was probably the most expensive.

The city is spending $500,000 on these parking meters – the public will want more than a pretty machine on the street for that kind of money.

The city is rumoured to be putting together a marketing plan – customer information package – that hasn’t hit the streets yet.