Wow, this is great - I started using Meter Feeder a few months ago in Pittsburgh. I'm sure Pittsburgh is similar to most of the country in that we've had no choice but to use antiquated meters. It really is one of those situations where since it's now easy, I've found myself always paying for parking, whereas before I skipped on payment more often than not.<p>Looking forward to watching Meter Feeder execute on its goals, and congrats on the acceptance to YC W16!
The only time I've ever had a parking ticket (80GBP) was in an area that only accepted payment via phone call.<p>I had no signal, so I decided to leave the vehicle and go to work, I'll pay for it when I get back, humans are generally reasonable folk, aren't they. Came back to a ticket and invested about an hour in trying to fight it before giving up.<p>Since then I am extremely skeptical of 'paying for parking' in general and have tried to find free bays. I'm willing to pay a few quid for parking, I'm not willing to risk a ticket (and the associated general angst at some bureaucrat having the power to arbitrarily steal money from me).<p>I'd appreciate a system that sent me a bill in the post for sitting in a spot and required payment within 2 weeks or something. Penalties for non-immediate-payment seem like an oddly antagonistic policy at this point, given that we have a nationwide database linking car plates to owners.<p>This is probably all different in the US, just adding my 2p. :)
Hi, I’m Jim the CEO of Meter Feeder. We are excited to announce our product and that we are participating in Y Combinator W16. My co-founder and I are passionate about the pains of parking. We want to create a solution that is easy and elegant for everyone. Please let us know if you have any questions.
> You can easily extend your time whenever you want<p>The city will lose a lot of money with this. The amount taken in meters is a small fraction of what they make with tickets.