Milwaukee parking meter card payments unavailable Oct. 1

MILWAUKEE - Drivers will be unable to make credit card payments at Milwaukee parking meters starting next month, at least for now.

Why you should care:

The Milwaukee Department of Public Works said Park-O-Meter, the company that provides the software for credit card payments at city parking meters, will cease operations effective Oct. 1. As a result, credit card payments at the meters will become temporarily unavailable at that time.

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What you can do:

Drivers can still make credit card payments through the ParkMobile app or online. Parking meters will still accept coins.

What's next:

The city will start looking for and identifying a new parking meter software vendor to process credit card payments at the meters as soon as possible. The city said it had already been exploring a transition to a new platform before Park-O-Meter announced it would shut down.

What they're saying:

"I think it's important for Milwaukee to keep parking accessible, but we are fans of using the app, so it's really convenient. I can see how folks will be challenged at first, but once you get used to it, it's a good system," said Tracey Clark.

"I really did like when they had both options, just because if you don't live here and don't have the app, that's kind of a pain to download it before you get where you're going. So, I think they should keep both," Cheryl Schara said.

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What we know:

The DPW said Park-O-Meter's decision to shut down was "unexpected" and came with "limited advance notice." The city described Park-O-Meter as a large parking company with customers across the world.

What we don't know:

It's not clear why Park-O-Meter is shutting down or why the city had limited notice.

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