Chiefs to probe shorter parking time slots for mobile users
TRANSPORT chiefs are set to investigate if motorists who pay to park using their mobile phones can buy shorter time slots.
The council is planning to introduce new measures in Edinburgh that will mean drivers get exactly the time they pay for in parking bays if using cash.
In what the council believes is a first for Scotland, street parking meters are set to be reprogrammed in response to complaints from the public, who do not believe they are getting value for money.
But the popular mPark system, which enables motorists to call a hotline on a mobile phone and pay via credit card, was not included in the plans.
Tory councillor Kate Mac- Kenzie will ask transport chiefs to investigate the issue at an environmental quality scrutiny panel on Wednesday.
At present, mPark payments can only be made in one-hour increments, but Councillor MacKenzie believes this should be reduced to 30 minutes.
A council executive report has already recommended changing the cash system for pay-and- display machines, which currently goes up in 15-minute increments, a system used in most other UK cities.
The council says that paying for time by the minute will give motorists better value and allow them more flexibility.
The change, which will have an initial minimum purchase time of 15 minutes, could be in place within months.
At the moment, where parking costs 40p for 15 minutes, inserting £1 into the ticket machine would only buy half an hour's parking. Under the new system drivers will get exactly 38 minutes for £1.
Transport chiefs say the change will cost just a few hundred pounds to put in place.
The council is planning to introduce new measures in Edinburgh that will mean drivers get exactly the time they pay for in parking bays if using cash.
In what the council believes is a first for Scotland, street parking meters are set to be reprogrammed in response to complaints from the public, who do not believe they are getting value for money.
But the popular mPark system, which enables motorists to call a hotline on a mobile phone and pay via credit card, was not included in the plans.
Tory councillor Kate Mac- Kenzie will ask transport chiefs to investigate the issue at an environmental quality scrutiny panel on Wednesday.
At present, mPark payments can only be made in one-hour increments, but Councillor MacKenzie believes this should be reduced to 30 minutes.
A council executive report has already recommended changing the cash system for pay-and- display machines, which currently goes up in 15-minute increments, a system used in most other UK cities.
The council says that paying for time by the minute will give motorists better value and allow them more flexibility.
The change, which will have an initial minimum purchase time of 15 minutes, could be in place within months.
At the moment, where parking costs 40p for 15 minutes, inserting £1 into the ticket machine would only buy half an hour's parking. Under the new system drivers will get exactly 38 minutes for £1.
Transport chiefs say the change will cost just a few hundred pounds to put in place.
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