New parking meters in the city.You already pay for contactless too

2022-09-10 09:59:20 By : Mr. James Zhang

Cantù More convenient mode, alongside the traditional coins.Soon the app.Surprise activation between piazza Parini and via Cavour.Minimum cut 20 centsNot only the coin but, immediately, the surprise: for a few hours it has been possible to pay for parking at the brand new parking meters of Canturina Servizi Territoriali with a "blip", to mention the sound that the contactless system, already active, produces upon simple support. of the paper on the new technology, desired for the blue parking lots.And this means that not only magnetic cards, but also cell phones and smartwatches can do the same.In fact, it will be possible to forget the purse at home and yet pay anyway without risking any fine, as demonstrated by the field test of La Provincia, carried out yesterday afternoon.The minimum denomination is that of the coin: 20 cents, payable just to the support of the card.The parking meter is activated by pressing any button.A screen appears on the monitor.“To start the stop, insert the coins”, reads the white writing on a blue field.But, if you don't have coins available, or if you prefer paper, just press the key with the letter “C”.And so move on to paying with your credit or debit card.The alternative payment, thanks to contactless, immediately allows a high degree of agility: you just need to bring the card close to the symbol, identical to that present on the Pos of commercial activities, to make a transaction, in fact, even for only 20 cents.The stop in Cantù is 1 euro per hour.Once the transaction has taken place, the parking meter issues the special coupon, to be left on the dashboard, under the windshield.The Canturina Servizi testA similar test was carried out a few hours earlier by Marco Bizzozzero, sole director of Canturina Servizi Territoriali, the company of the Municipality of Cantù that is building the smart parking system with Intercomp."I tried it myself, the contactless card payment was very easy - he says - It is a payment system that we requested immediately".In addition, with a new sticker with QR code, you can download the app for smartphones and smartwatches.Although the app, it was recalled, will be the last piece of the intelligent parking system to be activated, in a few weeks.The contacless system is possible thanks to the terminals of Ingenico.The company supplies contactless card readers to be integrated inside the entrance and exit turnstiles of the metro or trains.Now, also to the Cantù car parks.Right on the parking lots, the works for the installation of the sensors are proceeding, which will then allow everyone, thanks to apps and variable panels, to know in real time in which part of the city there is parking availability.Due to the works, yesterday it was not possible to park on the parking spaces in piazza Parini and via Cavour.Today we proceed with the unavailability of parking, from the morning, in Piazza Fiume, in front of the park in Via Roma.© COPYRIGHT - La Provincia di Como Editoriale Spa PIVA 00190490136 - Even partial reproduction is forbiddenRegistered in the Como Register of Companies under no.10410 |Share capital Euro 1,884,300 iv