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Humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma visits MeterFeeder hometown to celebrate it’s cultural revival

June 08, 2018

Humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma visits MeterFeeder hometown to celebrate it’s cultural revival.

Braddock (PA)– World renowned musician, cellist, and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma visited MeterFeeder’s hometown of Braddock, PA today to recognize the successful cultural revival of the community. Mr. Ma is known for his work in using music to bringing cultures and communities together.

Mr. Ma took a walking tour of Braddock art installations, spaces, and local businesses in the morning, and ended with a cultural conversation in the afternoon at the Greater Valley Community Services Rec Room where he discussed the work of Braddock civic leaders, local artists, and business owners. The John F. Kennedy Center is hosting the event through their Arts Across America campaign. The goal of the initiative is “to uplift and celebrate the unexpected, undiscovered, and everyday communities that are committed to using the arts to promote connection, a strong creative economy, and increased cultural citizenship”.

MeterFeeder,a minority owned company, is proud to be a part of this growing, changing, and thriving community. CEO Jim Gibbs had this to say: “I’m so excited that this community and its talented citizens are being recognized by a man such as Yo-Yo Ma. They really deserve all the recognition that they are getting, and I’m happy to be here to celebrate with them.”

MeterFeeder joined the Braddock community in the summer of 2016. Moving their headquarters–from Mountain View, CA to the Pittsburgh suburb–the MeterFeeder team wanted to position themselves to work, hands-on, with the small to mid-sized municipalities that makeup a large portion of their client-base.

“Building future citiesalso includes building future main streets,“ Mr. Gibbs emphasized, “We are building the systems that to allow the technology improvements that are happening in the top technology centers to be accepted in economically depressed areas.”

You can learn more about MeterFeeder at www.meterfeeder.com.

MeterFeeder shows off entire suite of products at largest industry expo

May 31, 2018

MeterFeeder shows off entire suite of products at largest industry expo

Orlando (FL)– MeterFeeder – the Braddock PA based parking startup – is headed to the 2018 IPI Conference & Expo in Orlando, FL. Every year, The International Parking Institute hosts this expo once a year to bring parking industry experts and newcomers together in the largest parking industry gathering in the world.

MeterFeeder has been providing low-cost enforcement and payment toolsto Pittsburgh municipalities for the past few years. Recently, new systems and tools such as thedigital permit and valet featureshave been added to provide more value to customers and parkers alike. Soon, MeterFeeder’s recently announced Pay-By-Vehicle system will allow everyone to pay for parking simply by turning their car off. In the future, these systems will pave the way for autonomous vehicles to integrate into parking systems around the country.

At IPI, MeterFeeder will be able to both contribute to and learn from the most expansive and diverse displays of parking technology in the industry. All of the suppliers, manufacturers, consultants, and fellow innovators will be able available for collaboration. MeterFeeder has a unique advantage over competitors in that the software is extremely flexible and adaptable, meaning that everyone at IPI from parking managers to enforcement applications could benefit from collaboration and integration.

To find out more and to see MeterFeeder’s full array of new technology, visit IPI Booth 2034.

City of Elizabeth launches new parking and enforcement application MeterFeeder with goal of increasing revenue.

January 26, 2018

City of Elizabeth launches new parking and enforcement application MeterFeeder with goal of increasing revenue.

Pittsburgh (PA) – The City of Elizabeth is looking to upgrade its parking payments and enforcement system. Elizabeth has decided to work with Braddock, PA based startup Meter Feeder Inc to provide low-cost enforcement tools for their on-street parking spaces.

MeterFeeder will save the City of Elizabeth thousands of dollars in implementation costs thanks to their streamlined ticket management system, and integrated enforcement tools.

MeterFeeder uses state of the art geolocation technology to determine parking spaces and special algorithms to determine prices. The system requires no infrastructure on the streets, so Elizabeth can start making more revenue with little up front cost.

This new system is expected to go live in the coming days and, along with the T.F. Green Airport valet parking facility, makes the second location to start using MeterFeeder in the in the month of January, 2017.

MeterFeeder, Inc was starting in 2014 by co-founders James Gibbs and Daniel Lopretto with the goal of making scalable and cost-effective parking payments management solution for municipalities, large and small.

“Our goal is to make paying for parking so easy, no one ever gets a parking ticket again,” quipped Lopretto, MeterFeeder’s Chief Technology Officer. The firm is working toward that goal with the recent announcement of their, “Pay By Vehicle” platform at the recent Innovation Works’ AlphaLab Demo Day & New Product Introduction event, last November. “Right now we are focusing on autonomous vehicles, but it is a technology that we plan to make available to everyone,” Lopretto continued, “as driverless cars start to appear on our streets Parking Authorities are looking for solutions.”

About Meter Feeder, Inc.

As a technology first company, Meter Feeder, Inc. focuses on usability and efficiency in resolving parking issues. Introducing smart parking solutions, we streamline the process from enforcement to payments in a few easy steps. To learn more about MeterFeeder’s products and how we can help customize a solution to your parking needs please visit www.meterfeeder.com or contact via info@meterfeeder.com.

MeterFeeder™ Lands Its First Major Operator Partner

January 03, 2018

MeterFeeder™ Lands Its First Major Operator Partner

Pittsburgh (PA) – Accomplishing one of its most important strategic goals, Braddock-based parking payments technology company MeterFeeder has signed its first major operator partnership, launching a private-labeled version of the MeterFeeder™ app for Target Park U.S. Inc.

Being a parking operator, Target Park influences a huge amount of the market thanks to their efficient management of large parking facilities across the US and Canada. As a parking operator, Target Park acts as property managers for parking lots, garages, cities, and municipalities, both large and small. Their goal is efficiency, customer experience, and profits for each property’s owner. This is why the partnership with MeterFeeder is so important.

In particular, Target Park manages over 225 parking locations in North America, and what sets them apart are their “out of the box” proposals favoring the client, the use of their own advanced Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology, and their superior customer service. MeterFeeder’s partnership with Target Park U.S. Inc. allows Target Park to leverage seamless payment and enforcement through MeterFeeder’s scalable, cloud-based parking app and enforcement tools, and the ability to rapidly rollout cutting-edge technology across its rapidly expanding customer base.

The new TP Mobile app brings Target Park U.S. Inc. customers an easy way to pay parking fees, tickets, and violations, plus it offers the feature of adding extra time to a meter, all from the same app on their smartphone. “We are extremely excited about our partnership with MeterFeeder. The TP Mobile app is going to give us an additional option we can now provide to our customers making customer convenience that much better,” says Chet Wilkolaski, Executive Vice President of the U.S. market.

This new partnership means that MeterFeeder software is now ready to support all of the locations that

Target Park U.S. Inc manages. The first location to go live was T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, with other locations to follow. MeterFeeder CEO Jim Gibbs commented, “It’s an honor to work with Target Park.We are excited to kickoff 2018 by announcing this partnership, and it is the first of many major milestones we have planned for the new year.”

TP Mobile, powered by MeterFeeder, is available today to download for iPhone and Android.

McKeesport PA to Launch MeterFeeder™ App for Parking

January 16, 2017

McKeesport PA to Launch MeterFeeder™ App for Parking

McKeesport, PA On Tuesday January 17th, McKeesport will be accepting payments through the MeterFeeder app along with MeterFeeder’s parking enforcement tools. The onstreet meters in the downtown area will be enforced daily for both shortterm and longterm parking. Drivers parking in designated areas will have the added advantage to pay for parking with the MeterFeeder app which syncs payments with enforcement in realtime.

McKeesport has close to 300 onstreet meters in their downtown area and the mobile payment app will be available as an added convenience to all business customers, residents, and visitors who frequently must pay for parking in the area. The Mayor and City Administrator of McKeesport is excited and hopeful that patrons will be happy to have more options for parking and use the app often.

“The most appealing part of MeterFeeder’s service is that customers don’t need to return to their vehicle to add money to the meter,” states Mayor Michael Cherepko “If you are waiting longer than expected for an appointment or if you spend extra time shopping, all you have to do is tap your smartphone or tablet and your meter is paid.” City Administrator Matt Gergely said this convenience should boost McKeesport’s parking revenue. “By giving our downtown visitors a chance to pay their parking tab electronically, we are giving them more opportunities to do the right thing,” Gergely said. “Many people use debit and credit cards for all of their daily transactions. They don’t keep cash and change in their pockets.”

The free MeterFeeder app offers locationbased parking, which can be paid for from mobile devices. Customers will enter license plate numbers and credit card information and the app is ready to be used. The app sends push notifications to customers to extend parking time for their expiring meter and sends notifications via email for payments. Customers can also opt to pay any parking citations issued by the McKeesport Police Department by scanning the unique QR code printed on the ticket through the MeterFeeder app on their smartphones. Tickets can also be paid online at www.meterfeeder.com/tickets.

As a technology first company, Meter Feeder, Inc. focuses on usability and efficiency and taking a new approach to solving the existing parking issues and presenting new ways to introduce smart parking solutions for cities and municipalities.

MeterFeeder Showcases New Multiple License Plate Recognition (MLPR) Technology at National League of Cities Conference in Pittsburgh

November 16, 2016

MeterFeeder Showcases New Multiple License Plate Recognition (MLPR) Technology at National League of Cities Conference in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pa. – On Wednesday, November 16th MeterFeeder will showcase their state-of-the-art Multiple License Plate Recognition (MLPR) technology at the National League of Cities Conference Booth #936, commencing downtown Pittsburgh at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The conference is scheduled to run from Wednesday, November 16th to Saturday, November 19th with vendors presenting industry-based ideas and products that will innovate cities and municipalities. MeterFeeder will be one of the few companies who offer cloud-based parking solutions with a brand new MLPR system at the conference.

MeterFeeder’s CTO, Dan Lopretto is very satisfied with the results and wants to demonstrate this technology for visitors, city officials, parking officials, and other vendors at the conference. The MLPR system is housed in the mobile enforcement software and captures license plates from streaming video rather than manually entered text or static photos taken by an officer. The functionality uses the mobile device camera to capture license plates on cars parked on both sides of the street. Multiple plates are captured and listed for enforcement officers displaying payments or non-payments for ticketing. Within a few taps the officer can print a ticket and move on to the next vehicle.

MeterFeeder’s CEO, James Gibbs, will also present at the National League of Cities’ Solution Session: Working with Start Ups to Improve Core Services and Accelerate Smart Growth scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10.45 a.m. in Room 317 and 318. Taking lead on the discussion is Bradley Tusk, CEO of Tusk Ventures and will open the discussion for the panel with Mr. Gibbs offering insights on how start-up technology is offering to innovate parking for cities and municipalities.

The MLPR technology adds to MeterFeeder’s focus on usability and efficiency in parking, taking a new approach to solving existing parking issues and present innovative ways to introduce smart parking solutions. Visitors and officials are welcome to stop by MeterFeeder Booth #936 for a live demonstration or visit www.meterfeeder.com for more information.

About Meter Feeder, Inc: Meter Feeder is an award-winning parking management and enforcement platform, based in Braddock, PA. Meter Feeder, Inc. entered the $25 billion parking market, with the goal of disrupting the archaic parking systems by providing very simple, very easy parking tools for any size municipality. Please visit www.meterfeeder.com for more information on our cutting-edge parking solutions.

MeterFeeder: Etna Starts Using New Mobile App for Parking

November 01, 2016

Etna Starts Using New Mobile App for Parking

Etna, PA – Starting mid November, Etna will be accepting payments through a mobile app called MeterFeeder for its small bustling business community. Etna’s diverse business community currently has over 160 small and large scale business and MeterFeeder will be launched right before the holiday season starts. The MeterFeeder mobile payment app will be available as an added convenience to all business customers, residents, and visitors who frequently have to pay for parking in Etna.

The free MeterFeeder parking app offers customers location-based parking rates which can be paid for and activated from their mobile devices. When parking is about to expire the app will send a notification to the customers to extend parking time for their expiring meter. The app will also store license plate numbers and credit card information for future use eliminating the need to enter customer information multiple times. Customers can also opt to receive receipts and pay any parking ticket issued by the Borough by scanning the unique QR code printed on the ticket through the MeterFeeder app.

Mayor of Etna Tom Rengers said, “ As Mayor of Etna, I was impressed with the technology upgrade and low-cost solution MeterFeeder presented to our wonderful community. Etna council, borough administration, and the police department are excited to work with this innovative Pittsburgh-based technology company, as Etna moves into a progressive era with our parking infrastructure. ” MeterFeeder’s Director of Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Warner Macklin III is also delighted to forge this key relationship with Etna and said, “We are looking forward to working with such a historic community as Etna. We strive to innovate with local communities and make the parking payment and enforcement experience seamless and easy for everyone.”

To make it seamless on both enforcement and parking side, Etna is also going to use MeterFeeder’s enforcement tools to issue tickets for parking violations. This will work in tandem with the MeterFeeder’s mobile payment app and all payment information will be available for the enforcement officers in real-time.

Contact:

Rubaiya Amin

(844) 463- PARK Ext: 703

rubaiya@meterfeeder.com

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