Benefits
Parx’s EasyPark solution offers unique benefits to its stakeholders:
Benefits to Consumers
Benefits to Operator and Municipality
Benefits to Fleets
Advantages to Parking Enforcement Officers
Benefits to Consumers
- Consumers pay for the exact time parked
- EasyPark is simple to handle and user friendly
- Using EasyPark eliminates the need for coins or change used in other parking solutions
- No “Hidden costs” such as extra service fees, mobile phone call or text message expenses
Benefits to Operator and Municipality
- Setup cost of the EasyPark system is lower than the cost of alternative solutions. There is no need to invest in expensive meters, pay-and-display machines or networks infrastructure
- Minimal maintenance costs as there is no need to repair faulty or vandalized machines
- Low operating expenses; No cash collection expenses
- Environmentally friendly – Eliminates use of paper, pay and display tickets and parking meters
- Increased revenues from payments for “Short Period” parking sessions
- No “downtime” which can be caused by broken meters or failures in communication infrastructure
- No exposure to fraud or cash collection theft. The EasyPark system is highly secure, operating with the latest encryption and authentication technology. Data is only transmitted over secure and encrypted channels
- On-line electronic reporting provides accurate information
- Expandable to be used in parking lots as well as on street parking
Benefits to Fleets
- Reduce parking costs and simplify parking expenses data management
- Reduces cash and paper handling
- No need to reimburse employees for parking expenses
- Parking data of employees is available online 24/7
- Centralized payment system of all fleet vehicles parking costs
- Eliminates exposure to fraud by fleet drivers
Advantages to Parking Enforcement Officers
- Easy, quick and efficient automatic monitoring
- Greater productivity
- Positive performance evaluation – measured by number of vehicles checked, not by number of tickets issued
- Eliminates possibility of human error due to the fact that both the handheld terminal and the parking device are electronic and transmission between them is automatic
- Proof of parking - Parking violations can be written onto the EasyPark device by using the handheld terminal, even if the device is turned off and the battery removed; the electronic ticket provides evidence for both drivers and the parking operator in cases of parking violation disputes
- Fewer traffic enforcement officers can check more vehicles
