Councils should rethink plans to scrap cash payments for car parking, and ensure drivers have access to multiple means of payment.
That’s the verdict of the RAC motoring organisation, which polled drivers and found nearly one-in-five say their local authority has either scrapped coin payment machines or is consulting on doing so, with the intention of replacing them with mobile phone app payment schemes.
The process of replacing current machines, many of which accept phone app and coin or card payments, is being accelerated because they use older 3G mobile phone tech which is being phased out by telecoms companies, the RAC says. Councils are therefore being forced to consider buying more expensive machines, or getting rid of them and forcing drivers to use a phone app if they want to park.
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