Beginning January 3, 2023, there will be a new payment system inside the Metropolitan Public Parking Garage 49 at 4805 Edgemoor Lane in downtown Bethesda. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation has announced that it will implement a new Pay-by-Plate system of payment that day, replacing the existing cashier system. Garage patrons will enter their tag number into a payment station, or using a downloadable app for a touchless option. Hours of operation will remain the same.
As of yesterday, the new payment stations were in place, but with covers over them. MCDOT has an instructional video online for those who are unfamiliar with Pay-by-Plate systems, which can help you be prepared and save time when you use the new system in Garage 49. Now about those elevators...
4 comments:
I like how they downgraded all the parking garages with a less convenient payment system in already underutilized garages to make it so they can give out parking tickets
All of the men who sat in glass boxes all day in our downtown garages collecting parking fees are out of work now?
Sad news. I don't mind paying to park but you often don't know if you'll be there for less than an hour or maybe 4 hours or more. And paying by phone has those extra fees I can't stand (it's all computerized, so why the extra charge?). The garage on Old Georgetown had a great system where you parked and simply paid at a kiosk before you left to cover the time you parked. That got canned. It left me with the metro garage when I wanted to go into DC but now that is being done with. I love Bethesda, but it's harder to shop down there. I guess the garage near Bethesda Ave. and Woodmont is my only option for now.
10 booth attendants got fired
30 garage meter maids got hired
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