Comments on: Usability of parkingmeters

By: Slammy

Slammy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:44:54 +0000

Well, this specific model has been around for more than 20 years !! So of course, design was completely overlooked.

In the Netherlands, you’ll find in Den Haag or Amsterdam or Nijmegen some more “design” friendly generations of meters from Cale, Vialys , Parkeon and all the players in this area.

By: Nikita

Nikita — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:17:36 +0000

I bet it makes great sense to the engineer though, when he was organizing the components!

I had a go at redesigning a parking meter while in school. Let me know what you think of the redesign (click my website)

PS. Nice blog.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:07:48 +0000

Hi Daniel thanks for stopping by.

I did not want to judge all parking meters, only this one specifically. I know there are others and I hope they have a better usability then this one. By analyzing only this one we can discuss it more in depth.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:57:31 +0000

I think it is unfair to judge all parking meters on basis of one bad. (Though I must admit, I have never seen a usable parking meter.) There is a wide variety of different parking meters out there. The Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor is experimenting heavily with pay-by-mobile-phone parking.