Meters and Rates
4G- Enabled Parking Meters
In summer of 2023, the City began installing new 4g-enabled parking meters that come with multiple functionalities that allow users to pay for parking safely, securely, and quickly.
These meters, manufactured by the IPS Group, are able to:
- Accept credit/debit card payments and other innovative solutions for payment
- Use the web-based payment app, Park Smarter, which is currently the City’s only parking payment app (debuted back in February of this year)
- Charge parking fees based on rates set up by ROH Section 15-22.4
On top of accepting both credit/debit cards, coin, and phone app payments via Park Smarter, the new meters come with Near Field Communication (NFC), allowing the use of Apple and Google Pay.
In addition to the Park Smarter app, parkers can get their parking history and support via MyParkingReceipts.com. Here, parkers can look up their transaction history by card number and date for up to 6 months and get automatic email receipts for online transactions. MyParkingReceipts.com is only available for City parking meters.
For City Ordinance (Section 15-23.2 – Metered Parking Facilities, visit: https://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/dts/tpd/tpd_docs/Article_23.PDF
Text to Pay (T2P)
T2P is a secure, contactless, payment solution that allows users to pay for parking via text message without scanning a QR code, downloading an app, or creating an account. All transactions are initiated via highly secure SMS short codes (5–6 digit numbers), making them less prone to fraud than 10-digit numbers.