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The rise of parking apps

Nearly one-in-five drivers (19%) say their local
authority has either scrapped parking payment
machines or is consulting on doing so, forcing them

to use mobile phones to pay instead, new RAC
research reveals.

he survey of 1,900 UK drivers found that due to be going (44% of respondents in the
Tone-in-10 reported some or all parking capital), followed by those in the East of
payment machines had already been removed England (23%) and East Midlands (22%).
by their local councils with an extra 8% saying
their local authority was consulting on doing so. The RAC’s findings are being driven by the
fact many councils are getting rid of machines
Drivers in London were most likely to say for taking payment for parking as a result
payment machines had already gone or were many older machines relying on 3G mobile

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