The Moscow mayor’s office decided to remove parking meters in the near future due to uselessness, less than 1% of all transactions by parking users go through them. It has been reported “Kommersant”.
The publication emphasizes that the capital’s transport department highlights that most of the payment traffic, about 95%, falls on the application. At the same time, in 2022, city authorities spent more than 100 million rubles on the maintenance of parking meters.
The publication states that 11.7 million rubles will be spent on the dismantling of 519 street parking meters.
According to Pyotr Shkumatov, coordinator of the Blue Buckets movement, the reason for the low popularity of the devices is not because many citizens switch to maps and apps, but because little time is left to pay for parking.
“Parking meters were more popular when you had 15 minutes to pay. When the five minutes are up (this rule has been in effect since 2018), sometimes you can’t run to the parking meter, ”added Shkumatov.
The publication highlights that 80 parking payment devices are planned to be released near the most popular places. The publication says the rest of the devices should be dismantled before the end of summer 2023.
Before that, State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov presented To introduce the principle of deferred payment for parking for private vehicles.
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