PPA Hopes to Let You Pay for Parking With Your Cell Phone

The PPA is 'hopefully' rolling out a system allowing you to pay for street parking with your cell phone next summer.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is hoping to allow you to pay for parking with your cell phone by next summer. Well, “hopefully,” a spokesperson says.

The technology is already in place in cities near Philadelphia, including Allentown and Camden. The PPA actually posted a request for information (RFI) about pay-by-cell parking, but has since said the RFI “will be revised and re-posted at later date.”

Fortunately, the the actual RFI is still on the PPA’s site (PDF). It’s pretty standard stuff. The PPA is (was?) simply looking to “explore available options with currently marketed services utilized by various government entities for Pay-by-Cell solutions.”

Allentown rolled out a 90-day trial of the pay-by-cell system earlier this year. After a test around Rutgers-Camden earlier this year, Camden has rolled out pay-by-cell parking across the city.

[Philly.com | The RFI]