[Tagging] Time limited parking without typical disk

Niels Elgaard Larsen elgaard at agol.dk
Thu Mar 31 17:47:56 UTC 2022


Peter Elderson:
> Parking disc is generally used for non-paid but time-limited parking. The driver sets 
> it to indicate the arrival time and displays it, so that the parking police can check 
> if time is up.

Yes, and now it is seldom an actual disk that you set manually.

I, and most people, now use a certified electronic device with a display that stops 
the clock when the car is not moving.
E.g.
https://www.thansen.dk/bil/udstyr/parkering-og-garage/elektronisk-p-skive/elektronisk-p-skive-park-solar-digital/n-463333634/pn-233946183


> Fr Gr Peter Elderson
> 
> 
> Op do 31 mrt. 2022 om 18:42 schreef Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com>>:
> 
>     On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:23 AM Sebastian Gürtler <sebastian.guertler at gmx.de
>     <mailto:sebastian.guertler at gmx.de>> wrote:
> 
>         Do you have a real example for this?
> 
>         If I want to use the information in osm for planning, then it would be
>         important to know whether I need a special app for parking or not. This
>         would be the important content of any tag.
> 
>         I know places where you can use an app as an alternative to an existing
>         ticket vending machine, which is not comparable to a parking disc -
>         which is free.
> 
>         This is already included in the wiki and tagged as parking:condition=ticket
> 
>         I could imagine that there can exist private parkings where you would be
>         obliged to have a proprietary app for this place - this would need a
>         special tag; never seen that in real.
> 
> 
>     At the risk of sounding like a cultural imperialist:  from this side of the
>     Atlantic, 'parking disc' isn't in my vocabulary.  I'm guessing it's a token for
>     some sort of paid subscription for parking privileges?
> 
>     Parking where the only form of payment is a smartphone app is getting to be
>     common in US cities.  There are several private lots near me that no longer have
>     payment kiosks. Even the kiosks have been cashless for a while, but take only
>     plastic.
> 
>     Lots of private lots are subscription-only, and usually have window stickers for
>     their subscribers. Some government-run ones offer (paid or free) permit stickers
>     for only their own residents.
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin
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