1. Benefits of Multi-Space Parking Pay Stations
Digital Payment Technologies

2. Agenda Benefits of Multi-Space Pay Stations
Digital Payment Technologies’ Solution
Best Practices for Multi-Space Deployments

3. Taxonomy of Parking Systems
Paid Parking
On-Street
Single-Head Meter
Multi-Space Pay Station
Off-Street
Gated
Ungated

4. Single-Head Meters Coin payment is impractical at today’s rates
Failures are reported by users
Lost revenue due to broken meters
No revenue reporting or audit trail
Time left on the meter
Manual enforcement
Impact on urban streetscape
Inconvenient for consumer to add time

5. “Smart” Single-Head Meters
Accept credit cards and interface with back-end systems
Do not accept bills
Higher total cost of ownership
Negative impact on streetscape
Piggybacking causes lost revenue
Only support incremental rates

6. Multi-Space Pay Stations
Flexible payment options, including credit cards, bills, and coupons
Fewer pay stations to maintain
No piggybacking
Multiple rate types and parking models
Alerts when there is a problem
Full audit trail and rich reporting and analysis
Aesthetically pleasing design
Pay or extend at any pay station
Flexible payment options, including credit cards, bills, coupons
Credit cards
Bills
Coins
Coupons
Smart/value cards
Pay-by-Phone

7. Multi-Space Pay Stations in an On-Street Environment
Improved service to consumers
Range of convenient payment options
Integration with pay-by-phone
Multilingual support
Turnover and reduced congestion
Optimize occupancy – ability to implement market pricing and dynamically adjust
More available parking spots on the same curb space
Improvements to the bottom line
New parking models and price structures to optimize revenue
Greater operational efficiency

8. Gated Systems High capital and operational costs
Line-ups at entry and exit gates
Lost revenue
Enforcement, cash handling, and overpayment
High cost of downtime

9. Multi-Space Pay Stations in an Off-Street Environment
Lower capital (40%) and operational costs than gated systems
No line-ups at entry and exit points
Improved consumer service
Reduced carbon emissions
Built-in redundancy
No downtime
Higher revenue

10. Digital Payment Technologies’ Solution

11. Digital’s Innovative Parking System
EMS
SHELBY
LUKE

12. LUKE and SHELBY Pay-and-Display, Pay-by-Space, or Pay-by-License Plate
Large color screen
Multilingual prompts
Network ready
PCI certified
Solar, AC power or battery swap
Pay-by-Phone Integration

13. EMS Online Management System
Secure web access
Remote pay station configuration
Real-time credit card processing
Real-time monitoring and alarming
Real-time reporting
Digital API to interface to third-parties
Any pay station can add time to a permit

14. Multi-Space Parking Ecosystem
Configuration
Application
Pay-by-Phone
Pay Station
EMS
Back-end
License Plate
Recognition
Credit Card
Credit Card
Processor
Mag Stripe Card
Accounting
System
Smart Card
Space Sensor
System
Citation Mgt.
System
Enforcement
Handheld

15. Best Practices for Multi-Space Deployments

16. Best Practices
Engagement with key stakeholders in the planning process
Proactive communication with businesses
Effective public relations
Consumer education
Soft launch