Carbon County Automates Parking with Flowbird
Installed In Partnership with Butts Ticket Systems
Thursday, February 25, 2021 12:43 PM
Flowbird Group is proud to announce that Carbon County, Pennsylvania, has partnered with Butts Ticket Systems, Flowbird’s local distribution partner, to launch a new Pay-by-Plate parking system. Implementation of the system completed in January and includes 15 Strada pay stations and Flowbird’s mobile parking payment application.
The new system automates parking for both the users and county staff. The previous parking solution included an
attended parking booth taking payments in the county’s large, 100+ space parking lot that stretches along the popular Lehigh River. The lot is used by
Pay-by-plate parking kiosks in Carbon County
Some changes are coming to the way people pay to park in downtown Jim Thorpe. County-owned parking spots will now move to a pay-by-plate kiosk system. Author: Carmella Mataloni Updated: 7:31 PM EST January 21, 2021
JIM THORPE, Pa. Paying to park in downtown Jim Thorpe is going to be easier for people who don t always carry coins.
County-owned parking spots will transition to a pay-by-plate kiosk system at previously metered parking spaces and county lots. I think it s a good idea. I think it will help out a lot with the congestion in town. I mean, sometimes we get traffic tie-ups during the tourist seasons, so it will help out, said Mike Riley, Jim Thorpe.
Southland District Council chief executive Cameron McIntosh. It produced a report written by Frank McCutcheon, who says while real improvement had been made in the past two years “a true culture of safety had yet to be achieved”. The council’s safety management system did not provide enough evidence that it adequately identified and managed the council’s risk profile and was not fit for purpose, McCutcheon says. Councillors received the report at a finance and assurance committee meeting on Tuesday, as well as other reports that touched on council’s health and safety. External advisor to the committee Bruce Robertson said it was a call to arms.