Link: Bulgaria: Sofia Launches SMS Payment of Parking Tax
Starting today, Bulgarian city Sofia is allowing motorists to pay for parking by text. Launched in a handful of parking zones in the capital, and only available to MTel or Globul subscribers, residents just text a shortcode, pay one Bulgarian Leva (about 34p) plus their normal text charges, and get an hours parking.
The blue zones, where people can pay via SMS for parking, are three. The firs zone includes the Alexander Nevski square, Moskovska Street in front of the Vassil Levski monument and Oborishte Street.
The second zone wraps the Narodno Sabranie square and the side lane of the Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard. The third zone is at the Macedonia Square.
Meanwhile back in the UK, London’s Westminster Council have recently done away with parking meters completely – rolling out a system that allows motorists to pay by phone or text. The Telegraph has an interesting article on the subject here.