First Elites for New Zealand

Elite pay and display parking machines manufactured by Metric Group in the UK have been shipped for the first time to New Zealand. The Aura Elites were ordered by Metric Parking’s distributor Automated Solutions who have implemented a marketing strategy for New Zealand. Metric has also received an order from its Australian distributor TMA for a total of 26 machines, 11 of which are for a hospital. The remainder have been ordered by TMA for stock. The New Zealand and Australia orders follow another export
April 13, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Elite pay and display parking machines manufactured by 92 Metric Group in the UK have been shipped for the first time to New Zealand. The Aura Elites were ordered by 845 Metric Parking’s distributor 4850 Automated Solutions who have implemented a marketing strategy for New Zealand.

Metric  has also received an order from its Australian distributor 4851 TMA for a total of 26 machines, 11 of which are for a hospital.  The remainder have been ordered by TMA for stock.

The New Zealand and Australia orders follow another export ‘first’ for Metric, this time from South Africa.  One of the country’s leading parking management companies has ordered 100 Elites, the first 50 of which have been shipped.

Meanwhile, in the UK, a cashless parking pilot at council car parks in Wokingham borough is being extended for another six months, as well as being trialled at four more sites. The Metric Mobile scheme gives motorists the choice of either paying with coins at the meter or using their phones to pay with a debit or credit card. Users can opt to receive a text message telling them when their parking is about to expire so they can extend the time. Receipts can also be emailed automatically.

To activate the phone payment, drivers must call (0118) 907 6767, quote the reference number of the car park sign and confirm how long they want to pay for. Parking attendants receive live details of the telephone payments to their hand-held terminals, so they can check which vehicles have paid for parking.

“The council felt there were signs of a trend towards paying for parking by phone and that the trial should be given an extension to car parks where there is long term parking available,” said Street Co-Ordination Manager, Andy Siva.

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