In Toronto, the days of the 176 old coin-operated parking meters still in use in the Queen City are numbered, according to a recommendation to be considered by city council on Dec. 13.
The Infrastructure Committee recommended this week that council remove these old parking meters.
We remember putting change in the parking meters and also having to run to pay the money back before the time was up
says Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie, who chairs the committee.
For them, the days of the old parking meters are over.
With technology and application [pour téléphones intelligents]we can add time [au parcomètre] without movement.
Old coin-operated parking meters generate an average of just $0.18 per day, the city adds, which is lower than their maintenance costs.
The fine for illegal parking will increase from $30 to $75 in Toronto on Friday.
Convenience
In recent years, coin-operated parking meters have been replaced almost everywhere in Toronto with solar-powered models that allow payment by credit card or app Green P.
This is what technology analyst Carmi Levy states Nowadays almost no one carries change with them anymore
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No timetable has yet been set for the dismantling of the old parking meters. However, It shouldn’t take much time
says Ms McKelvie if the council gives its approval.
She adds that the city wants to launch a new generation of parking meters that drivers could pay for only through the application Green P.
With information from CBC News
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