PARKEON - New Pay-on-Foot parking system in Cambridge (UK)

New Pay-on-Foot parking system in Cambridge (UK)

Friday, 31. July 2009

Cambridge plans for the future with new Varioflex® Pay-on-Foot parking system

Cambridge City Council (CCC) has replaced the existing access control systems in its four main multi-storey car parks (MSCPs) with a centrally managed Parkeon Varioflex Pay-on-Foot solution. The Council sees itself at the very start of a process through which it proposes to really push the conventional boundaries for the way in which it manages the City’s demand for car parking.

“We have a clear objective to build a service that is forward looking, will address customers’ rising expectations for modern and efficient access control mechanisms, and provide efficient, high quality and user-friendly equipment with flexible payment methods,” stated Paul Necus, CCC’s Head of Parking Services.

Overall, the Council has installed 18 Varioflex automatic pay stations - handling credit cards, banknotes, and coins - together with barriers and terminals across five entry and eight exit lanes. The four car parks, which include the two serving the Grafton Centre retail complex, provide a total of some 2,000 spaces.

“CCC is also exploring a range of possibilities with Parkeon that include ways of introducing emissions-based charging and shifting parking behaviour at the weekend peaks, as well as online solutions to streamline payment processing systems,” explained Bob Barnes, Parkeon’s UK Parking Director.