
The Transportation Bureau has expanded its promotion of smart parking, and a total of 309 parking spaces on 9 road sections around Qinmei Commercial District and Audit New Village have been included in paperless toll collection
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The Taichung City Transportation Bureau continues to promote the paperless policy of smart parking. Currently, the city has a total of 1,272 smart parking spaces.
"Love the earth without paper"! Taichung City is expanding the promotion of paperless smart parking on the roadside. From now on, it has been extended to 9 road sections including Qinmei Commercial District in the popular scenic spot West District and around Audit New Village. A total of 309 parking spaces have been implemented paperless tolls. The Transportation Bureau today held a "Paperless Love the Earth - Paperless Parking Tolls" online briefing to practice smart parking automation and new parking methods that eliminate the need for paper receipts, allowing the public to experience convenient smart parking services.
Transportation Director Ye Zhaofu pointed out that the Qinmei Business District and Audit New Village, which are adjacent to Citizen Square, are surrounded by many parks and green spaces, cultural and creative markets, and specialty restaurants. They are popular attractions in Taichung and are also popular choices for people to relax and have fun with their children. The transportation bureau has implemented paperless toll road sections for Gongyi Road Lane 155, Gongyi Road, Zhongxing Street, and Shangshan Road Section 1 Nine roads including Lane 79, Shang Shang North Road, Shengping Street, Yingcai Road, Minsheng Road and Meicun Road have introduced smart image recognition equipment into a total of 309 parking spaces. Vehicles can automatically recognize license plates when entering the parking space, record parking time and calculate parking fees. Paper parking tickets will no longer be received. The number of paperless parking spaces in the city has reached 1,272.
Ye Zhaofu pointed out that new paperless toll billboards and related promotional signs have been set up around the smart parking paperless sections, and the green background and white letters "P" and the eye-catching words "paperless toll" are painted on the car grids to facilitate public identification. Since paper parking tickets will no longer be issued, people can scan the payment QR Code next to the car grid to pay the fee at the nearest location. If the parking fee is bound to be automatically withheld, the vehicle can leave directly without having to scan the code to pay.
The Taichung City Parking Management Office stated that there is a 10-minute departure buffer time after the payment is completed. If you do not use electronic payment methods, you can inquire and pay at the multimedia terminals of the four major supermarkets within 14 days of parking, or go to the three service counters of the Transportation Bureau and use the paperless road section. Payment can be made through multiple channels such as bus shelter payment machines; 10 mobile payment vendors that cooperate with the city government can link and bind parking fees with automatic withholding, or apply for automatic withholding and payment services from financial institutions, telecommunications operators and Yuantong Telephone, and you can enjoy up to 40% off before the end of the year.

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