Cashless payments for parking change to RingGo on 19 July
RingGo will be taking over cashless parking for all of our parking areas on 19 July. At the same time, we are reducing the convenience fee for paying to park by phone from 20p to just 10p per session.
Like Parkmobile, RingGo lets users pay for their parking using a mobile phone and their credit or debit card, rather than via a machine. It differs from Parkmobile in that motorists no longer need to remember to stop their parking, instead they buy time in advance, in the same way they would buy a pay and display ticket from the machine.
One benefit of RingGo over machine and cash payments is that if motorists realise they need to stay longer, they can top up their parking via their phone without having to return to the vehicle. Optional text reminders are sent just before the parking is about to run out.
RingGo offers motorists various ways to pay: the most popular is via the RingGo smartphone app, but users can also call, send an SMS, or pay online. If a motorist pays for parking via RingGo, there is no need to display a ticket in the vehicle.
Any existing Parkmobile user, who has not previously used RingGo, should download the RingGo app and complete their registration online to ensure they can park quickly and easily. Anyone who would like to try cashless parking for the first time can do the same.
Robin Betts, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Street Scene and Environment Services, says ‘It’s great to be moving towards RingGo for our phone parking.
‘RingGo is the UK’s leading cashless parking service in terms of coverage, and over 18 million motorists are registered with the solution. Virtually the whole of Kent now offers RingGo, so we expect most motorists to have the app on their phone already.’
RingGo is currently working with over 140 local authorities across the UK. Within Kent, the service is offered by Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, Gravesham, Maidstone, Swale, Thanet, and Tunbridge Wells Councils.