Editing Pay and display (section)

=== Pay and display ===
Pay and display systems differ from road-side [[parking meter]]s in that one machine can service multiple vehicle spaces, resulting in lower set up costs. In addition, this system theoretically prevents drivers from taking advantage of parking meters that have time remaining; this factor alone has doubled parking revenues in cities that have switched to pay and display.<ref>[http://www.preciseparklink.com/pdfs/City-reaps-big-profit-in-parking.pdf Toronto reaps big profit in parking] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820181940/http://www.preciseparklink.com/pdfs/City-reaps-big-profit-in-parking.pdf |date=2007-08-20 }} - www.preciseparklink.com</ref> A driver may occasionally take advantage of remaining time should a departing parker give away a ticket with remaining time. This can be prevented by putting the license plate number on the ticket.

In addition, pay and display machines can also accept a wider variety of coins, and many even accept [[credit cards]], making it unnecessary for drivers to carry large amounts of change. The use of credit cards has another advantage - the machines do not have to be emptied of coins as often, and the costs of counting coin and possible pilfering by employees who empty the parking meters also reduces their overall costs.

In the [[United Kingdom|UK]] pay and display is used for both on-street parking control and parking in [[Parking lot|car parks]] and [[multi-storey car park]]s where access barrier systems are not installed.
====Machines====
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File:Torontoparkingmachine.jpg|A machine in Canada operated by the [[Toronto Parking Authority]].
File:Par fee machine.jpg|Example of a machine which accepts not only coins, but bills, credit, debit and prepaid cards.
File:PayDisplay-UserFriendly-ChargingSystem-CamdenLondon.jpg|Message reads "This machine will calculate the correct parking period for whatever value of coins you insert subject to a minimum charge of 40p and a maximum of £9.60"
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====Tickets====
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File:Albertparkticket.JPG|An Australian pay and display ticket, issued by a Reino machine.
File:Frankston City Council parking ticket 2019-04-10.jpg|Australian pay and display ticket.
File:2015 Madeira Samsung (170).jpg|Portuguese pay and display ticket on dashboard of vehicle.
File:Parking ticket Wohnmobile Kronenburger See, Germany 2015.jpg|German ticket.
File:Bilet parkingowy z Wrocławia.jpg|Polish parking ticket.
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