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Montclair parking system goes digital, allows people to pay meters via cell phone
Published: Tuesday, June 07, 2011, 9:30 AM
By Abram Brown/The Star-Ledger
MONTCLAIR — At Fumé in Montclair, customers frequently run in and out of the cigar shop on Bloomfield Avenue to check the time on the parking meter.
Locals go there for a smoke, and to gossip, so Montclair’s new initiative to let people pay for parking via a cell phone is a welcome change, Ralph Alberto, the shop’s owner, said Monday.
“I think it will help my business a great deal. It seems like a great idea,” he said, smoking a Dominican cigar with his buddies on a bench outside the store.
To use the new parking system, which went active May 23 and was formally announced Monday, a customer must download a smartphone app or call a phone number to park. The customer registers a username and leaves a credit card number on file with the company managing the system, Parkmobile. The app works on BlackBerrys, iPhones and Droids.
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