среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Someday you may feed meter by phone

Motorists who fight for the 30,514 parking spaces on Chicagostreets -- and feed the meters or pay-and-display boxes -- may soonhave an alternative: paying for parking by phone.

The brave new world of parking technology is about to enter a newera in Chicago: "mobile payment systems."

The Daley administration has issued a so-called "request forinformation" about new technology that would allow motorists to dowhat has become commonplace in Europe and Asia.

Instead of carrying coins, cash or credit cards, they set up anaccount, similar to I-Pass. For a nominal fee, they buy a beeperlikedevice smaller than an I-Pass transponder for display in thevehicle's …

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