@pluralistic That would be amazing! Saskatoon, a city of around 250,000, has *four* different parking apps for depending on where in the city you park. It's infuriating...
@ianhecht @pluralistic Wellington is the same, 4 apps. And they strongly push you to keep a balance on each one, changing extra if you just pay for what you need each time you park. Do they make their money on the float like Starbucks does?
@rabble @ianhecht @pluralistic Toronto's Green P app has a mininum load of $20 to its wallet, and you can't pay directly
@Dubikan @rabble @pluralistic Boo... That seems like a giant pain in the neck.
@Dubikan @rabble @ianhecht @pluralistic hey it's like the HOV system in Denver! Want to use it for free for actual HOV purpose? You have to buy a $35 dongle and then keep more than $25 in your account all the time! Even if you never use normal toll ever!
@rabble @ianhecht @pluralistic i mean, you can still pay at the machine, at least...
@rabble @ianhecht @pluralistic I’m going to be annoying and suggest that parking should involve as much pain, friction, expense, and personal data capture as possible… to discourage car use.
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@samsterby hahaha, I applaud the concept even though I need a car for most things (I train for long journeys if I can, it's a start)
@Sroot 🥰 nice. Trick is to minimise (in a systemic way) said “need” where possible. So I’d probably make your train station parking free, and plough money from parking everywhere else into public transport and active travel infrastructure 👍
@rabble @pluralistic I don't know about the balance part - I don't see any penalties on the app for just paying each time I need parking, but maybe I'm missing it.

@ianhecht @pluralistic

My reckon on the parking app we have here (Wellington NZ) is that it's worth it just for the start/stop pay-only-for-the-time-you-use function alone.

@Richardelwin @pluralistic That would be great - all four (!) of ours are just discrete blocks of time (by the ½ hour, usually).
@ianhecht @pluralistic That would be quite annoying🥺