A few months late, Quebec City began replacing its parking terminals with outdated ones.
The new parking terminals were planned to open in November 2023, but had to be postponed due to delivery times from the new supplier, California company IPS Group Inc. The city also hopes to take advantage of the mild weather for the launch. Avoid cold related problems.
It will cost Quebec City $3.3 million to replace the old terminals, which were acquired in 2012 and are already obsolete.
IPS Group describes itself as a leader in smart parking data management technologies and systems.
Photo: Credit: IPS Group Inc.
The new terminals allow payment technology based on license plates and not parking space numbers as before. The change will allow motorists to move their car if they have time to spare without having to pay again.
Future terminals will be equipped with solar screening. They allow contactless payments by currency, by credit card, by debit card and have the option of payment by QR code.
No privilege
During the replacement, the City will ensure that the parking terminal is available at all times for persons who do not have access to the Co-Pilot application.
The removed terminals are placed on arterials where it is easy to find another terminal nearby to make your payment. Hence users can always pay at the terminal or use the Copilot application. They don't need to do anything special
Jean-Pascal Lavoie, the city's spokesman, explained.
The Copilote application allows users to pay for their parking remotely.
Photo: Radio-Canada
Co-Pilot +
A new Copilot mobile application will be put online for payment for its new terminals.
We are still on the spring deadline to modernize the system
Pierre-Luc Lachance, member of the executive committee responsible for mobility and road safety, predicted. We are very proud to say that we are not throwing Copilot in the trash. We launched Copilot +. It's important to us, we keep the brand
.
Pierre Luc Lachance explains that this is a better application. A lot of new stuff is coming with Copilot
.
An announcement is likely to be made soon.
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