Flowbird parking solution for Cleveland

US city has been replacing ageing meters with solar-powered pay-by-plate stations
By Adam Hill May 28, 2024 Read time: 2 mins
On-street parking in Cleveland (© Kenneth Sponsler | Dreamstime.com)

Cleveland, in the US state of Ohio, will upgrade its parking system in partnership with Flowbird Group, a provider of kerb-side management and mobility solutions.

The city has been replacing its ageing space single and pay-and-display multi-space parking meters with solar-powered pay-by-plate smart parking pay stations. Users will no longer need to return to their car to display a receipt on the vehicle’s dashboard.

Instead, users enter their licence plate number and desired length of stay onto the touch screen of the parking pay stations. Payment will be accepted with either coins or debit and credit cards – the old machines were coin-only. Once payment has been made, the parking session has started. Enforcement officers can verify the vehicle is in compliance through the licence plate.

The new parking pay stations will feature a 9.7” full-colour touch display that is accessible for all customers, including meeting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. The touch screen display has the look and feel of a tablet and the images displayed will walk users step by step through the transaction process.

Flowbird says that by implementing modernised pay stations with convenient payment options, Cleveland will better manage parking turnover and visitor influx during peak periods. The switch to multi-space pay stations will bring a consistent and higher level of customer service to the parking public, it adds.

Enforcement Parking & Access Control

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Countering truckers’ parking conundrum
    May 3, 2017
    Colin Sowman hears about a new truck parking information system being piloted across eight states. Legislation limits truck drivers’ hours with the result that they are often caught in a situation where they need to stop either for a break or an overnight rest. But as truck parking is in short supply, truck drivers spend an average of 56 minutes a day searching for available spaces and are often faced with the choice of driving beyond their permitted hours or parking illegally.
    Read More
  • Conscience versus convenience
    June 8, 2015
    David Crawford looks at new ways forward for public transport. By 2025, nearly 60% of the world’s population will be living in towns and cities, increasing their extent and density, and the journeys that people make within and between them. In response, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) wants to see public transport’s global modal share doubling (PTx2) by the same date. “Success in 2025,” a spokesperson told ITS International, “will save 170 million tonnes of oil equivalent and 550
    Read More
  • Cubic promotes the power of partnerships
    August 22, 2016
    Cubic’s Andy Taylor considers the growing need for partnerships in the transportation sector. At the end of June, The Guardian newspaper in the UK broke a game-changing transport story – Sidewalk Labs, a secretive subsidiary of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is working on a project that aims to radically overhaul parking and transportation in American cities.
    Read More
  • New generation of pay-on-foot parking technology
    May 28, 2014
    Designed with some of the most challenging parking environments in mind, especially shopping centres and transport hubs, the WPS ParkAdvance system is built around a new IP-based operating system architecture that enables it to simply and directly connect with multiple technologies being deployed in car parks both now and in the future.
    Read More

Highlighted Content