ContactlessNews | BART launches smart card payments for bicycle parking

Friday, June 10, 2011

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has announced the launch of a smart card system at the Ashby Bike Station, a brand new facility that provides provides secure parking for up to 128 bicycles.

According to BART, cyclists can now use smart cards to gain access to the facility and pay the three cents/hour bike parking fee.

BART says about 500 cyclists visit the Ashby Station each weekday. The new facility, which will be unveiled this evening in an open house, is expected to provide better security and convenience for cyclists commuting on BART lines.

There are three other BART Bike Stations in the Bay Area, including Downtown Berkeley, Fruitvaleand and Embarcadero.

Oakland adds NFC to city parking meters

Parkmobile USA has announced that its mobile payments solution is now available on all parking meters throughout Oakland, Calif.

Oakland drivers can now pay for parking with their mobile phone using the Parkmobile app on iPhone, Android, Windows 7, and Blackberry smart phones anywhere in the city. Users can also pay for parking by tapping their NFC phone against a Parkmobile NFC-enabled sticker on the meter.

MacKay, UIC add NFC payments to parking meters

MacKay Meters announced that it has partnered with Uniform Industrial Corporation (UIC) to provide the first single-space wireless parking meter capable of contactless and NFC payments.

Ottawa adopts NFC parking payments from PayByPhone

PayByPhone has announced that the city of Ottawa is now offering an NFC payments option on parking meters.

According to PayByPhone, every Pay & Display machine in Ottawa has been outfitted with an NFC-enabled PayByPhone sticker, which users can tap with an NFC phone to set up and pay for parking time.

First Data brings contactless parking meters to Poland

First Data Corporation has partnered up with the Krakow Transportation and Infrastructure Authority and City Parking Group for the introduction of parking meters equipped with contactless payments functionality in the city of Krakow, Poland.

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