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The City of Charleston is upgrading its parking system to improve parking turnover and provide a more user-friendly experience.

Partnering with Flowbird Group, the plan is to modernize the parking meters and surface lots to include updated touchscreens and pay-by-plate parking technology.

The new parking meters will be solar-powered parking kiosks with a ~10-inch full-color touch display. The new kiosks will use a “pay-by-plate” parking system, so users will no longer have to put a receipt on their dashboard after paying for a parking spot. Instead, they will input their license plate number into the kiosk.

Patrons can pay using credit or debit cards, city-issued smart cards, Flowbird’s payment app, or pay by text. The single space on-street meters will accept all the same payments plus coins.

The city expects to have these new on-street parking meters installed this year.

Technicians have already installed the touchscreen kiosks in the surface lots off of Alexander Street and George Street, and:

The Beaufain-Archdale Market (BAM) Lot
East Bay Lot (off South Adgers Wharf)
Exchange Lot (off Gillon Street)
Cumberland Concord Street Lot