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MeterFeeder – Case Study: St. Marys, PA Parking

May 09, 2019

 

 

 

MeterFeeder – Case Study: St. Marys, PA Parking

 

 

 

The Problem

The City of St. Marys, Pennsylvania has spent the last few years using only physical parking meters. The municipality had a difficult time tracking payments, parking usage, and ticket payments. The old system was entirely physical and required a lot of manual data entry from the city employees. City residents were frustrated with the antiquated coin-operated meters and lack of digital payment options. The city noted that many residents and business owners receive tickets on a nearly daily basis. This created compliance issues as well as parker frustration.

 

MeterFeeder’s Solution

In early 2019, St. Marys consulted MeterFeeder to provide a new all-digital parking system for the municipality. The solution provided included implementation of MeterFeeder’s parking app, enforcement tools, management interface, support for a permit system, and support for MeterFeeder’s patent-pending Pay-By-Vehicle fleet management solution.

The MeterFeeder app allows drivers to pay for parking with digital payments via their smartphone in any of the St. Mary’s parking zones. The app uses geo-location technology to determine where a driver is parking to automatically place them in the right zones.

The enforcement solution for the officers of St Marys includes an Android tablet and rugged bluetooth printer. Officers are able to check to see if a vehicle has paid for parking, and issue tickets easily if they haven’t.

City managers are able to use the management tools to track parking payments, ticket payments, issued tickets, voided tickets, leave comments on cases, and create daily, weekly, or monthly reports to monitor revenue and compliance.

In the future, St. Marys is considering using MeterFeeder’s technology to create new parking zones that are digital payment or digital permit only.

 

Reception and Results

            In May of 2019, MeterFeeder reached out to St. Marys PR specialist Hannah Brock and Police Chief Nicklas to get some feedback about how the changes have been performing the past 3-4 months. Here is what we learned”

  • In just 3 months, 20% of all parking transactions were going through the MeterFeeder app. This number is trending upward.
  • Over 50% of all issued tickets are paid through the MeterFeeder app or on MeterFeeder.com/ticket. This new convenience has reduced strain on the municipality and made residents happy.
  • MeterFeeder is used by many government employees and local business owners. Business owners recommend it to their clientele.
  • People who used to habitually get tickets on a daily or weekly basis are now no longer getting tickets.
    • This ticket revenue has been replaced by daily parking revenue.
  • St Marys is now able to track things like revenue, tickets issued, and tickets paid thanks to the management interface and reporting tools. Previously St Marys had no way to keep track of these things in such a robust and quick way.

 

Conclusion

            St Marys’ on-boarding period is now over, and they are now moving into month five of using MeterFeeder. The city and its daily parkers are very happy with the improvements made by MeterFeeder. Meterfeeder and the City of St Marys will now begin pushing more marketing material and PR across the city to let citizens know that MeterFeeder is the new, better way to pay for parking.

 

Written by Corey McDonough (corey@meterfeeder.com)

           

If you’d like to learn more about MeterFeeder, Pay-By-Vehicle, or permits for your parking zones, please email Elliott O’Brien.

 

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MeterFeeder: How are Tesla’s robo-taxis going to park?

April 29, 2019

 

 

MeterFeeder: How are Tesla’s robo-taxis going to park?

 

 

Pittsburgh, PA – If you oversee any sort of parking structure, or are in charge of city on-street parking, you’ve probably wondered how autonomous vehicles would pay for parking in your zone. And if you’ve been paying attention to Tesla’s recent “robotaxi” network announcement, you might be starting to get a little nervous about how you’ll be able to accommodate “over 1 million robo-taxis” by the end of 2020.

 

 

You’re not alone. Cities across the United States and across the world are scrambling to figure out how autonomous vehicles will change the curb. The common misconception is that robo-cars like Teslas will never stop to pay for parking ever again because they could just keep driving. That simply isn’t true, as the cost associated with driving all day is much higher than picking a dynamic parking space. Not to mention that cities will not allow more congestion on their streets when parking is available and affordable.

 

The truth is, you as a parking manager will have to guide these autonomous vehicles to the best parking for the best price thousands of times per day. You need to have dynamic pricing models that encourage efficient curb utilization.  If you don’t, the cars will find somewhere else to pay that’s cheaper. And you can’t wait any longer. States across the US are making it legal for autonomous vehicles to operate on public roads.

 

You need a curb management solution like MeterFeeder to handle this. MeterFeeder’s new Pay-By-Vehicle technology allows autonomous vehicles to find and payfor parking without any human interaction. That’s parking revenue deposited directly to your account without interaction from any humans. MeterFeeder integrates with existing traditional parking solutions or can provide its own app and enforcement kits.

 

If you’d like to learn more about Pay-By-Vehicle or pilot it in your parking zones, please fill out the contact form here. Or, email Elliott O’Brien.

 

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MeterFeeder attends 3 Rivers Venture Fairin Pittsburgh, PA

April 10, 2019

 

 

 

MeterFeeder attends 3 Rivers Venture Fairin Pittsburgh, PA 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh, PA – Last week the Three Rivers Venture Fair took place in the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. According to the fair’s website “the 3 Rivers Venture Fair is the premier venture conference in the Ohio Valley region. Every 18 months, thousands of investors, entrepreneurs & top-tier service providers from around the world gather in Pittsburgh for this two-day meeting of ideas & money.”

 

Jim Gibbs, CEO and Co-Founder of Pittsburgh based parking startup MeterFeeder, attended the event. He got a chance to not only meet with plenty of investors, but also support Pittsburgh’s growing startup community.

 

“The Pittsburgh startup community is very important to me. I want to see it grow and get the attention from Silicon Valley and New York investors that it deserves. I especially want to normalize the idea of people of color in tech and entrepreneurship as well. We have to watch out for each other and 3 Rivers Venture Fair is a great place to collaborate and listen to each other,” Mr. Gibbs concluded.

 

The event lasted two days and featured plenty of networking sessions as well as panel discussions and keynote speeches from successful entrepreneurs, investors, and even an appearance by Justine Ezarik of iJustine.

 

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MeterFeeder hosts “learn to code” open house in Braddock, PA

April 08, 2019

 

 

 

MeterFeeder hosts “learn to code” open house in Braddock, PA.

 

 

 

Pittsburgh, PA – On Monday, April 1st, MeterFeeder teamed up with Academy PGH to host an open house for the Braddock community to gauge interest for a Web Developer Boot Camp to be hosted in town.

 

 

Academy PGH is a Web Developer Boot Camp that offers anyone the ability to “learn to code” in as little as 12 weeks. The service is offered a couple times a year around the Pittsburgh area, and leadership of the program is hoping to expand the service to Braddock, PA soon too. Academy Pittsburgh does not charge tuition. Instead, they implement an income share agreement (ISA).

MeterFeeder CEO Jim Gibbs was excited to host the open house (which included food and drinks) at MeterFeeder’s Braddock PA headquarters, saying “Braddock is growing extremely fast and there are soon going to be many opportunities here for the residents. I want to make sure that they are ready to take advantage of them when they arrive.”

 

You can learn more about Academy PGH here.

 

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MeterFeeder sponsors Parking Awards, displays technology at PIE 2019

March 08, 2019

 

 

 

MeterFeeder sponsors Parking Awards, displays technology at PIE 2019

 

 

 

Rosemont, IL – Meter Feeder Inc. is pleased to announce their attendance at the 2019 Parking Industry Expo (PIE). The expo will take place at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, IL just outside downtown Chicago. The expo is especially exciting this year due to the first annual official Parking Awards.

 

 

Meter Feeder decided show its support for the industry by sponsoring the “Sustainability” category of the awards. Look forward to seeing Meter Feeder CEO Jim Gibbs give a brief speech and present the award to the winner! Finalists for the “Sustainability” Award include Park Assist, SpotHero, Grid Smarter cities, and Barnacle.

 

Meter Feeder Inc. was also nominated for multiple awards at PIE. These included a nomination for the Industry Innovation award, as well as a nomination from the City of Mckeesport, PA for Customer Service Excellence.

 

Attend the first ever Parking Awards at 9am on Tuesday, March 12th, then come visit MeterFeeder at Booth 106!

 

 

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Learn more about MeterFeeder at www.meterfeeder.com

 

City of St. Marys, PA Launches MeterFeeder Parking App.

January 03, 2019

City of St. Marys, PA Launches MeterFeeder Parking App.

St. Marys (PA)– On January 2nd, The City of St. Marys, Pennsylvania launched the MeterFeeder parking app to provide a new method of parking payment for its citizens. 

People who download the app will be able to pay for parking from their phone, extend their parking reservation from their phone, pay tickets online or in the app, and get digital receipts of their parking transactions. MeterFeeder will operate on top of the existing parking infrastructure in the city, which includes over 300 traditional coin-operated meters. If a citizen forgets quarters, they now have the option to pay digitally!

The current rate for parking via MeterFeeder in St. Marys is $0.25 per hour plus a once-per-transaction convenience fee of $0.33. A minimum purchase of two hours required. Parking reservations can be extended for a maximum of eight hours. 

The city parking authority will benefit from an organized administrative interface and new LTE tablets for the enforcement officers.

“Our goal is to make paying for parking so easy, no one ever gets a parking ticket again,” quipped Dan Lopretto, MeterFeeder’s Chief Technology Officer. “The city will see increased compliance and learn about it’s constituents parking habits, while we simultaneously make the lives of everyday folks easier”.

Users can opt in to GPS services to be automatically placed in the correct parking zone, or they can search the app for “St. Marys” and pick their parking location manually. The app has been praised for its simplicity, with no need for searching kiosks for unique zone codes to put in. Simply search for the name of your city, and choose your specific lot. 

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MeterFeeder: Jim Gibbs Speaks to CMU Heinz College Students About the Future of Mobility

December 11, 2018

 

 

 

Jim Gibbs Speaks to CMU Heinz College Students About the Future of Mobility.

 

 

 

Pittsburgh (PA) –  The passionate students and faculty of Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University hosted a transit panel discussion for graduate and undergraduate students late last month. The panel took place on November 29th and the panel of experts each discussed the future of transit, as well as what a career in the transportation or mobility industry is like.

 

Students were encouraged to ask questions and the speakers responded to prompts discussing the industry’s past, present, and future. Speakers included Breen Mascriotra of PGH Transit, Janet Fraser of Nobilis, David White of Bike PGH, Pramod Mallapragada of PropellT, and Jim Gibbs of MeterFeeder!

 

MeterFeeder CEO Jim Gibbs said, “It’s always a pleasure to come here to talk to these folks. Stan Caldwell and the rest of his team at Traffic21 are really passionate people and everyone always learns something.”

 

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City of St. Marys, PA Partners with MeterFeeder for a New Way to Pay for Parking.

December 04, 2018

 

 

 

City of St. Marys, PA Partners with MeterFeeder for a New Way to Pay for Parking

 

 

 

 

St. Marys (PA) – The City of St. Marys, Pennsylvania has partnered with MeterFeeder, Inc to provide a new method of parking payment for its citizens. The MeterFeeder digital parking and enforcement system is already live in over 25 locations across Pittsburgh and Ohio, and will be going live in January 2019 in the City of St. Marys.

 

 

 

MeterFeeder will provide many new benefits to the citizens of St. Marys. People who download the app will be able to pay for parking from their phone, extend their parking reservation from their phone, pay tickets online or in the app, and get digital receipts of their parking transactions. MeterFeeder will operate on top of the existing parking infrastructure in the city, which includes over 300 traditional coin-operated meters. If a citizen forgets quarters, they now have the option to pay digitally!

 

The city will benefit from an organized administrative interface, new LTE tablets for the enforcement officers, and increased revenue thanks to how easy it will be to pay for parking.

 

“Our goal is to make paying for parking so easy, no one ever gets a parking ticket again,” quipped Dan Lopretto, MeterFeeder’s Chief Technology Officer. “The city will see increased compliance, while we simultaneously make the lives of everyday folks easier”.

 

Users can opt in to GPS services to be automatically placed in the correct parking zone, or they can search the app for “St. Marys” and pick their parking location manually. The app has been praised for its simplicity, with no need for searching kiosks for unique zone codes to put in. Simply search for the name of your city, and choose your specific lot.

 

MeterFeeder will go live in downtown St. Marys in January 2019. Learn more about Meter Feeder at www.meterfeeder.com

MeterFeeder Attends Smart Regions Conference in Columbus, OH

October 24, 2018

MeterFeeder Attends Smart Regions Conference in Columbus, OH

 

 

Columbus (OH) – The second annual Smart Regions Conference is kicking off Thursday, October 25th in Columbus, OH. MeterFeeder will be attending as a featured exhibitor, alongside the likes of companies like Verizon, AT&T, Oracle, and Cisco.

 

 

The conference is being sponsored by Venture Smarter, a company who is focused on bringing people, platforms, and partners together to build smart cities. In fact, the main theme of the conference is going to be working together to build smart cities. Some activities include panel discussions and presentations on things like critical infrastructure, smart mobility, autonomous transportation, and scientific data collection.

Teams of innovators will get to pitch project plans while competing for more than $50 million dollars in prize money and support.

MeterFeeder can be found at Booth 14 in the Innovation Corridor area of the event. They will be showing off their pay-by-phone system, enforcement tools, and their new patent-pending Pay-By-Vehicle technology. Pay-By-Vehicleallows vehicles of all types (including fleet vehicles and autonomous vehicles) to pay for parking automatically upon being powered off in a geolocated parking space. This technology could pave the way for a fully autonomous curbside experience every hour of the day.

MeterFeeder is excited to take part in the activities in Columbus this week. Come see us at Booth 14 on Thursday and Friday!

 

Learn more about Meter Feeder at www.meterfeeder.com

Learn more about Pay-By-Vehicle at www.meterfeeder.com/PBV

MeterFeeder to Welcome New Innovators at AlphaLab’s Annual Demo Day

October 15, 2018

 

 

MeterFeeder to Welcome New Innovators at AlphaLab’s Annual Demo Day.

 

 

Pittsburgh (PA)– MeterFeeder – a product of startup accelerators like Y Combinator- will be attending the annual “Demo Day” event at Stage AE next week to usher in the next generation of company launches. The event takes place at Stage AE on October 16th, and will feature company launches from Innovation Works’ nationally ranked hardware and software accelerators, AlphaLab Gear and AlphaLab.

 

 

 

According to Innovation Works, press can expect to see new companies innovating in sectors such as Internet of Things (IoT), Voice based tech, AI, Advanced Materials, Software as a service (Saas), and Robotics.

 

MeterFeeder, like many other local startups, was lucky enough to have received investments from Innovation Works, and is happy to participate in the event as a celebration of the success the programprovides.MeterFeederCEOJimGibbsexpressedfurtherinterestsaying,“InnovationWorksand AlphaLab are great resources for startups and innovators in the Pittsburgh area. I’m excited to go to Stage AE next week to meet some of Pittsburgh’s toptalent.”

 

As part of the event, MeterFeeder will be meeting with the press to talk about their newest parking innovation, Pay-By-Vehicle. This new patent-pending technology allows vehicles to pay for parking by themselves, resulting in 100% compliance and far fewer tickets! The technology has already garnered a lot of attention,and MeterFeeder hopes to use it to promote Innovation Works and the support they provide..

 

Learn more about Meter Feeder at www.meterfeeder.com Register for Demo Day here.

 

 

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