New York City is considering new measures that would allow drivers to pay for parking and parking tickets with alternative payment methods such as Apple Pay or PayPal or Bitcoin.
Currently, New York City raises approximately $ 600 million in revenue from parking in metered zonesTherefore, the inclusion of a payment method that can reach all users and that is fast and effective is appropriate. That is why the city is considering the inclusion of Apple Pay.
The negotiations that are being carried out have the main objective of identifying and evaluating the mobile platforms that can withstand paying parking fines in addition to identifying which are the Existing mobile platforms that allow the payment of services of this style.
The Department of Finance of the City of New York has informed that among the requirements that the selected payment methods must have should be to allow users to take a photo of a parking ticket. In addition, the graphical user interface should be very simple and allow payments to be quick and simple..
Currently, New York drivers have to pay fines at the post office or in court, ways that are incompatible with mobile devices. The city hopes to be clearer about the new payment system for parking tickets for January 15th.
