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City
launches
ParkDetroit
Mobile
App part
of its
on-street
parking
system
overhaul
ParkDetroit
transitions
the city
into
more
efficient
and
customer
friendly
on-street
parking
system
DETROIT
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Flanked
by a
small
army of
parking
enforcement
officers,
and
local
merchants,
City of
Detroit
Chief
Operating
Officer
Gary
Brown
and
Municipal
Parking
Director
Norm
White,
launched
the
city’s
new
ParkDetroit
mobile
app
which
helps
make its
system
arguably
the most
comprehensive
on-street
parking
system
in the
country.
ParkDetroit
represents
a
citywide
upgrade
to the
city’s
on-street
parking
system,
which
includes
partially
solar-powered
pay
stations
now
being
installed
throughout
the
city.
Coupled
with the
pay
stations,
the
ParkDetroit
mobile
app
provides
several
new
features
for
convenience
that
give
motorists
a more
positive
and
customer-friendly
experience
when
parking
throughout
the
city.
The
ParkDetroit
mobile
app is
available
now for
download
at
Google
Play and
the App
Store.
Some of
the
features
include:
•
Payment
for
parking
sessions
prior to
exiting
your
vehicle
• Text
alerts
10
minutes
prior to
expired
parking
session
•
Ability
to
extend
parking
sessions
(within
parking
limitations)
from
your
smartphone
•
Logging
of
electronic
parking
receipts
“For
decades,
residents
and
visitors
have all
been
frustrated
by our
parking
system,
and our
hard-working
parking
enforcement
officers
have
usually
gotten
all the
blame,”
said
Brown.
“But
those
days are
over,
because
thanks
in part
to the
ParkDetroit
app, the
city of
Detroit
will be
home to
the most
comprehensive
and
customer-friendly
on-street
parking
system
in the
entire
country.”
21st
CENTURY
ON-STREET
PARKING
OVERHAUL
The
implementation
of
ParkDetroit
comes
amid
increasing
calls
for the
modernization
of a
parking
system
seen as
both
archaic
and
non-user-friendly.
The city
plans to
have the
system
fully
implemented
by the
end of
July.
Once
completed,
Detroit's
system
will
feature
500 new
kiosk
pay
stations
to
replace
about
3,000 of
the old
meters.
Single-meter
spaces
will
still be
maintained
in some
areas.
PAY-BY-PLATE
The new
parking
system
will
eliminate
the vast
majority
of
single-space
parking
meters,
and
replace
them
with
partially
solar-powered,
multi-space
kiosks.
The
kiosks
will
prompt
motorists
to pay
for
their
parking
by
typing
in their
license
plate,
as
opposed
to
typing
in a
parking
space
number.
ROAM
WITHIN
ZONES
This new
system
divides
the city
into
three
primary
zones
(with
several
subzones),
where
parking
rates
may
vary. By
registering
a
license
plate
for a
parking
session
in a
particular
zone,
motorists
are
allowed
to move
to
additional
parking
spaces
within
that
zone at
no
additional
cost, as
long as
time is
still
available
from the
original
parking
session.
Additional
features
of the
parking
system
overhaul
include:
•
Allowing
payment
at kiosk
with
credit
cards or
coins
•
Extending
parking
sessions
at the
nearest
kiosk,
no
matter
where
your
vehicle
is
parked
across
the city
•
Allowing
motorists
to move
to
additional
spaces
within
the same
zone
with no
additional
fee, as
long as
they
still
have
time
available
• Use of
prepaid
parking
cards to
save on
credit
or debit
transaction
fees
•
Preventing
parking
violations
at
broken
meters
“As
Detroit’s
neighborhoods,
downtown
and
midtown
areas
continue
to grow
due to
the
impending
completion
of
projects
such as
Detroit’s
M1-Rail
and the
new Red
Wings
Stadium,
the need
for more
organized
and
systematic
parking
program
has
never
been
greater,”
said
Brown.
“I know
I can
speak
for all
of the
business
owners
along
Livernois
in
saying
that
parking
has
historically
been a
major
challenge
for
those of
us doing
business
in this
area,“
said
Rufus
Bartell,
Owner of
Simply
Casual
Clothing,
and
President
of the
Independent
Business
Association,
and
member
of the
Avenue
of
Fashion
Business
Association.
“I think
I can
also say
that we
are all
pleased
with
this new
direction,
and the
city’s
approach
to
implementing
a
parking
system
that
better
fits our
needs.”
White,
who has
been
meeting
with
Detroit’s
business
groups,
said the
city’s
parking
system
is
quickly
moving
into the
21st
Century,
and when
complete,
Detroit
will
have the
most
comprehensive
on-street
parking
system
in the
country.
“This
new
system
does
nothing
to
change
existing
parking
regulations,
it
provides
state-of-the
art
equipment
that
makes
the
municipal
parking
department
more
efficient
than its
ever
been,
while
making
parking
on the
street
more
convenient
for
users
than its
ever
been.”
For more
information,
including
instruction
videos,
go to
www.ParkDetroit.us.
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