I often end up using the app and paying the fee because I can stop my parking when I leave and be reimbursed unused time. Where I may have paid for 3 hours previously and lost $1.50 when I got back an hour early, the 45 cent fee lets me get that $1.50 back.

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gavinsyancey 4 hours ago | parent [-]

That is not a feature that exists in any system I've used. Sounds nice though.

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nedrylandJP 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've seen a city that uses Passport Parking refund the unused time. They also use PayByPhone with the same location code, and using that method did not refund the unused time.

	▲	asdff an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The banality of evil

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charles_f 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, if I remember correctly the initial business model of paybyphone was precisely that they were pocketing the overlap between parking sessions and using that to deploy at no cost for the city and invisible cost for the drivers