Can you please tell me how much the city pays through the contract?

Thank you kindly

In this particular instance it is being offered as a service to the city through the contract with the meter company, and not a stand alone service.

Regarding calling again to end the session. This is not the case with the installation in Decatur since it is offered as a integrated solution with the meter company. If this were a stand alone project with cell phone parking by itself, then it might be required if the option to select time in advance is not offered.

The pay by cell process really is quite simple. No one stumbles on the web page by accident. The initial two days of the launch the flyers and stickers weren’t ready, so instead, pay by cell representatives were onhand in the parking lot all day and handed out cards to parkers with a step-by step guide to starting the free parking session. They then explained how to register after the free parking session, that it would require a credit card, etc.. In addition, the city PALS also were trained in assisting prospective customers. When making the pay by cell phone call customers get verbal prompts telling them exactly what to do, supplemented by text messages which advise them that to continue using the service you have to register online with your credit card etc.. If you still have any questions you have the option to connect to a live operator. By the time you get to the web page, you already know how to use the system. And, if not, you go the How to use it page, or the Frequently asked questions page.

And, by the way, the pay by cell company in question has the longest experience in cell phone parking in the world with millions of parking sessions under its belt and the few details that still need to be worked our are those related to the marriage of two technologies, the first in the world to put time on a single space meter with a simple phone call.
Hope that clears up a few of your concerns.

In this particular instance it is being offered as a service to the city n